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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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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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