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Hawaii Has The Largest Reflector Telescope In The US But It's Not Run By Who You Think
In 1999, Keck Observatory became the first in the world to develop and install an adaptive optics (AO) system on a ...
World's largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)
The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...
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World’s largest telescope faces risk from renewable energy project, warn scientists
Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...
Extreme supersonic winds measured on a planet outside our solar system
Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...
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Charon: Pluto's dwarf planet partner
Because Pluto is so far from the sun — more than 3 billion miles (4.8 million km), on average — it appears as little more than a blob of light through even the largest ground-based telescopes.
World's largest telescopes threatened by light pollution
European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten ...
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World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
Four bright lasers, the most powerful ever put on a telescope, fire into the night sky to create an artificial guide star for the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope at the ...