Govert Schilling

Govert Schilling is an astronomy author and a science journalist. The asteroid 10986 Govert is named after him.

Recent articles by Govert Schilling

An image of 2MASS J17554042+6551277 captured by the James Webb Space Telescope as part of JWST’s mirror alignment process. Credit: NASA/STScl

James Webb Space Telescope’s tantalising first images

We can only see dark matter from its effect on stars and galaxies. Here, astronomers used the images of galaxies distorted by gravitational lensing to map out the dark matter, shown in blue. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University)

7 scientists who pioneered our understanding of dark matter

mysteries universe cosmic question mark

9 of the biggest mysteries in the Universe

An artist's impression of the underground Einstein Telescope, which will detected gravitational waves. Credit: NIKHEF

How the Einstein Telescope will study gravitational waves

Harlow Shapely and Heber Curtis. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / iStock / Getty Images / Bettmann Allegheny Observatory Records, University of Pittsburgh

Astronomy History The Great Debate

What makes a planet habitable? Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser

What makes a planet habitable?

An artist's impression of the Perseverance Rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mars 2020 The new missions heading for the Red Planet

The Milky Way arches over Llyn y Dywarchen lake, Snowdonia National Park. Credit: Matt Gibson / Getty Images

How the Milky Way got its name: a guide to astronomical misnomers

Artist's impression of a pulsar. Credit: NASA

What is a pulsar? A complete guide to spinning neutron stars

Galaxy clusters are ideal objects to study in the search for dark energy. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, RELICS

What is dark energy, and how are astronomers trying to find it?

The CHIME telescope under a full Moon. Credit: CHIME Collaboration

CHIME telescope and the hunt for fast radio bursts

A photo of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope at sunset, taken from behind the nearby Gemini telescope. Credit: LSST Project/NSF/AURA

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: astronomy’s next revolution

An artist’s impression of BepiColombo approaching Mercury. Image Credit: ESA/ATG medialab; Mercury: NASA/JPL

Bepi Colombo: Mission to Mercury

An illustration of the TESS spacecraft observing an M dwarf star with orbiting planets. TESS is expected to move the hunt for exoplanets into the next era. Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: the mission to find new worlds

High definition galaxy background, stars and bright light shining in a milky way

What are fast radio bursts?