Chris Lintott
Astrophysicist
Chris Lintott is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and a co-host of BBC's The Sky at Night.
Recent articles by Chris Lintott
The planet that survived being ripped apart by its star
Webb sees impossible black holes. Scientists may have an answer
What are Green Pea galaxies?
What might Green Pea Galaxies reveal about the Milky Way's distant past?
Small Blueberry galaxies close to home could help astronomers understand distant Green Peas
Have astronomers finally found the true cause of the Wow! signal?
Star caught in the act of swallowing a planet whole
A bloated star has been observed giving a dusty belch as it engulfs one of its orbiting planets
Artemis-enabled STellar Imager (AeSI)
Now might be the time to plan for an observatory on the lunar surface.
Liquid water has been found on Mars, and could provide a potential habitat. But there's a catch
Where do fast radio bursts come from?
Tracing the source of a burst is helping solve part of the mystery of these short, energetic events.
Mysterious fast radio bursts from deep space seem to be repeating, and the culprit could be light-bending gravity
T Coronae Borealis nova could become a 'new star' in the sky any day now, and will be as bright as the North Star
Jupiter's Great Red Spot may not be the same storm that was first observed over 350 years ago
Is the giant storm we see today different to the one first seen in 1665?
Where have all the Milky Way’s early stars gone? Our Galaxy has a curious lack of pristine stars
Andromeda-Milky Way collision will see our galaxy merge with its neighbour
Will our Milky Way galaxy really collide with the Andromeda Galaxy? When will it happen, and how does our Galaxy compare to the Andromeda Galaxy?
The solution to dark matter could be found at the bottom of a mine in Yorkshire
Astronomers see black hole's plunge region for first time
14 amazing space and astronomy discoveries of the 21st century
A look back at the biggest moments in astronomy in recent decades.
Astronomy explained | What is a planetary nebula?
What is a planetary nebula, and what do we know about their beautiful structures?
Astronomers compared old Hubble data with new and found new supernovae and black holes in the early Universe
Comparing old Hubble data to today is revealing distant active galaxies.
Astronomers are mapping the movement of stars in the Lagoon Nebula to learn more about how they form
The motion of stars in the stellar nursery may reveal how they’re born.
There’s something wrong with our understanding of the Universe, and how much it has expanded since the Big Bang
JWST confirms ‘Hubble tension’ isn’t down to observational error.
The three body problem is one of the oldest problems in physics. Could computers help us crack it?
The ‘3-body problem’ has long been the bane of astrophysicists.
Here's how James Webb Space Telescope could help astronomers nail down the rate of expansion of the Universe
JWST could be crucial in resolving differences in the measurement of the Hubble Constant.
Strange, rare stellar duo could be the remnants of two dead stars, destined to collide in a supernova explosion
An unusual binary could be the ‘before’ shot of a supernova.