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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.

Where there’s one, there’s one hundred more
Although it may have a difficult designation to remember, PSO J030947.49+271757.31, its importance is unique. It is the most distant Blazar observed to date. The

Total lunar eclipse: observing the Earth as a transiting planet
Astronomers succeeded in recording sunlight shining through the Earth’s atmosphere in a manner similar to the study of distant exoplanets. During the extraordinary occasion of
Found: Three Black Holes on Collision Course
A team of astronomers, led by Graduate Student Ryan Pfeifle of George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax Virginia, used observations spanning the electro-magnetic spectrum to

Chemical element potassium detected in an exoplanet atmosphere
A team of astronomers led by AIP PhD student Engin Keles detected the chemical element potassium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, for the first

Mapping Stars with PEPSI
The Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument (PEPSI) at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona released its first image of the surface magnetic field

Stellar Dust Survey Paves Way for Exoplanet Missions
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Using the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, on Mount Graham in Arizona, the HOSTS survey determines the brightness of warm dust floating

First PEPSI Data Release
The Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument (PEPSI) at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona released its first batch of high-spectral resolution data to
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