The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. Without fanfare, astronomers have redefined one of the most important distances in the Solar System. The astronomical unit (au) — ...
One of the stalwart units of astronomy just got a makeover. The International Astronomical Union, the authority on astronomical constants, has voted unanimously to redefine the astronomical unit, the ...
(Phys.org)—Members of the International Astronomical Union have voted to approve a change to the definition of the famous "astronomical unit" aka, AU, from one based on variable data, to a definite ...