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Space Industry Adds Threats to Astronomy, Light Pollution Remains a Big Problem

January 29, 2025 | Sky & Telescope | David L. Chandler

Multiple effects from ever-increasing satellite launches could impact future observations; the biggest threat to astronomy, though, is still coming from the ground.

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Why a new telescope may help the search for alien life in space

January 22, 2025 | NPR Short Wave

DiRAC’s James Davenport describes new efforts to use the upcoming Rubin Observatory to help SETI.

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Testing, Testing! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Completes Comprehensive System Tests With Flying Colors

January 17, 2025 | Vera C. Rubin Observatory

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.

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We May Be on the Brink of Finding the Real Planet Nine

December 18, 2024 | SciAm | Robin George Andrews

If there’s a hidden world in the solar system, a new telescope should find it

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More than 10,000 supernovae counted in stellar census

December 6, 2024 | UW News | James Urton

On Dec. 4, ZTF researchers — including astronomers at the University of Washington — announced that that they have identified more than 10,000 of these stellar events, the largest number ever identified by an astronomical survey.

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