Simulating Habitable Worlds Observatory's ability to characterize Earth-sized exoplanets

How will NASA's upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) mission differentiate Earth-sized exoplanets from other ...

New instrument at SOAR achieves first light with observations of remarkable binary star system

The SOAR Telescope, located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, has received a major upgrade with the installation of the SOAR ...
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Exoplanet Discovered Orbiting Barnard's Star

An exoplanet has been discovered orbiting Barnard's star by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Barnard ...
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140 Years of Star Watching: Celebrating DePauw’s McKim Observatory

Aug. 26 marked the 140th anniversary of McKim Observatory’s First Light. An observatory’s “First Light” signifies when a ...
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The Rubin Observatory's upcoming images may stack up to space telescope ones. Here's how

The algorithm models the blurring incurred by Earth's atmosphere and counteracts it, producing sharp and clear images.
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Astronomers Have Glimpsed The Core Of A Dying Star, Confirming Theories Of How Atoms Are Made

Astronomers have witnessed a rare “extremely stripped supernova” that exposed the inner silicon layers of a dying star, confirming theories of stellar fusion and offering new insight into how ...

Tail of comet that's visiting from another star is growing, new telescope image shows

A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system. The image of comet 3I/ATLAS was captured on Aug. 27 using one of the telescopes at the ...
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LIGO Legacy: 10 incredible gravitational wave breakthroughs to celebrate observatory's landmark 2015 find

But this list isn't done with this event just yet; its importance to science goes beyond the first detection of a neutron star merger. 4. Best of both worlds: Multimessenger astronomy is born! As you ...