Sep
18
2015
Sep
18
2015
Sep
09
2015
Popular Mechanics covers our Pluto Before Pluto video
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Popular Mechanics: Clyde Tombaugh still discovered the dwarf planet, but this is the latest "precovery" image to be unearthed. More
Aug
28
2015
Carnegie’s Stephen Shectman to Receive Muhlmann Award
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Pasadena, CA— Astronomer and instrumentation expert Stephen Shectman of the Carnegie Observatories has been selected to receive the Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, “for important research results based upon development of ground
Jul
09
2015
Orion's other nebula: Slate's Bad Astronomy blog features Yuri Beletsky's M43 photo
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Slate's Bad Astronomy says a photo of Orion's M43 nebula by Carnegie's Yuri Beletsky and Igor Chilingarian of the Harvard–Smithsonian
Jul
09
2015
Orion's other nebula: Slate's Bad Astronomy blog features Yuri Beletsky's M43 photo
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Slate's Bad Astronomy says a photo of Orion's M43 nebula by Carnegie's Yuri Beletsky and Igor Chilingarian of the Harvard–Smithsonian
Jun
03
2015
Giant Magellan Telescope partners approve US$500 million for construction
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Pasadena, CA— The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) has passed a major milestone as 11 international partners—including Carnegie—approved its construction, which secures the project’s future and unlocks more than $500 millio
May
20
2015
Strong UV Pulse Reveals Supernova’s Origin Story
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Pasadena, CA— Type Ia supernovae are violent stellar explosions that shine as some of the brightest objects in the universe.
May
04
2015
Telescope first: Magellan Adaptive Optics Eyepiece Observing
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Two nights ago, for the first time in history, astronomers from University of Arizona and Carnegie's Yuri Beletsky at Las Campanas Observatory used the Clay Magellan telescope together with Magellan Adaptive Optics (MagAO) to look at the sky through an eyepiece at the ful
Apr
28
2015
John Mulchaey Appointed Director of the Carnegie Observatories
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Pasadena, CA- John Mulchaey has been appointed the new Crawford H. Greenewalt Director of the Carnegie Observatories. He is the eleventh director of the historic department, which was founded in 1904.
