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Primordial Helium Research at the Large Binocular Telescope
A recent news story from Gonzaga University reports on research by Gonzaga Professor Erik Aver using the Large Binocular Telescope to study the primordial helium
Dual and Lensed Active Galactic Nuclei at Sub-arcsecond Separations Revealed through HST and LBT Observations
A recent study led by Filippo Mannucci (INAF/Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri) reported observations by the Large Binocular Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope confirming candidates for
LBT Observations Confirm Exoplanet Candidates Identified by Gaia
The Gaia spacecraft, designed to map the three-dimensional structure of our Galaxy, has provided a rich database of precision measurements enabling other types of science,

A weird star produced the fastest nova on record
A team of users of the Large Binocular Telescope has recorded the fastest nova ever. They hope to find answers to not only the nova’s many baffling

AN UNEXPECTED GAMMA RAY BURST
An international group led by INAF researchers have confirmed that the gamma-ray burst GRB 200826A, which lasted less than two seconds – typical of short

Announcing the new Director of the Large Binocular Telescope
The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, one of the largest and most advanced optical telescopes in the world, is proud to announce the appointment of its

Near-Earth Asteroid Might be a Lost Fragment of the Moon
A team of UArizona-led researchers think that the near-Earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa might actually be a miniature moon. A near-Earth asteroid named Kamo`oalewa could be a

Astronomers Discover a Massive Galaxy ‘Shipyard’ in the Distant Universe
Even galaxies don’t like to be alone. While astronomers have known for a while that galaxies tend to congregate in groups and in clusters, the

That young but already evolved entirely self-made galaxy
So young and already so evolved: thanks to observations obtained at the Large Binocular Telescope, an international team of researchers coordinated by Paolo Saracco of

The web of the Giant: spectroscopic confirmation of a Large Scale Structure around the z=6.31 quasar SDSS J1030+0524
Using three of the largest telescopes around the world – namely, the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT), and the W.M.
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