What is the Event Horizon Telescope?
Avery Broderick describes the instrument that will provide the highest resolution images in the history of astronomy
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Solar wind casts a reddish hue over rocky objects
Ion-accelerator experiment could explain why many asteroids are dark red
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Galactic shape-shifting signals a decrease in star formation across cosmic history
Study suggests that most stars are born in spiral galaxies but end up in elliptical ones
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Unique, but not exceptional
A book that characterizes life on Earth as "special but not significant" gets Tamara Davis thinking about the interconnectedness of the cosmos
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New sunspot analysis shows rising global temperatures not linked to solar activity
Complete 400-year sunspot history recalibrated for the first time
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Giant Magellan Telescope Organization president resigns
Management upheaval hits governing body as Ed Moses steps down
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Brown dwarf’s powerful auroras shine bright
Radio and optical emissions suggest that the sub-stellar objects behave more like planets than stars
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Why are gamma-ray bursts so extremely interesting?
Carole Mundell explains why astronomers think gamma-ray bursts are quite possibly the most extreme objects in the universe
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Searching for life on other planets
Sara Seager is keen to use the next generation of telescopes to look for evidence of extraterrestrial life
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Spain and Chile will host next-generation gamma-ray observatory
Cherenkov Telescope Array will study the most energetic events in the universe
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