In Chile, a writer takes a road trip through one of the world’s driest places — a landscape that preserves remnants of the dead.
Tag: Telescopes and Observatories
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What It Looks Like When a Dying Star Eats a Planet
Astronomers spotted a dying star swallowing a large planet, a discovery that fills in a “missing link” in understanding the fates of Earth and many other planets.
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Courting the Sirens of the Southern Sky
These days it takes a generation to build a giant telescope. A new one is taking shape in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
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From Bullets to ‘Bird Residue,’ the Many Trials of Telescopes
Before an observatory can plumb the secrets of the cosmos, it must navigate more humbling challenges.
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Satellites Threaten Astronomy, but a Few Scientists See an Opportunity
Mega-constellations built by SpaceX, Amazon and other companies could carry thousands of sensors that could aid research into gamma rays, space weather and other subjects.