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The supergiant Betelgeuse glows red and orange against a dark, starry background. The star’s surface is mottled and emits a faint reddish glow representing its stellar wind. A dark cloud of dust partially obscures the star’s lower left region.
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When Betelgeuse Won’t Explode, You Need a Big Telescope to Prove It

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 30 June 202126 January 2022

Thanks to last-minute telescope time, researchers pieced together the sequence of events that caused Betelgeuse’s Great Dimming last year.

An enormous stellar flare erupts from Proxima Centauri in this artist’s representation.
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Record-Setting Flare Spotted on the Nearest Star to the Sun

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 24 May 202128 April 2022

Proxima Centauri recently let loose a blast of radiation, and ground- and space-based telescopes detected the record-setting event at wavelengths ranging from radio to the ultraviolet.

Several large telescopes are reflected in water at sunset at a mountaintop observatory in Chile.
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Making the Universe Blurrier

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 13 April 202110 January 2023

Climate change appears to be directly and indirectly affecting the view from at least one observatory while threatening the existence of others.

Satellite image of Earth, as filmed by Apollo 8 astronauts from the surface of the Moon
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Exoplanet Earth: An Ultimate Selfie to Find Habitable Worlds

by J. Romero 30 November 202016 June 2022

Aliens spying on us from afar is a common science fiction trope. Soon we might know what E.T. would see through a telescope. And that information could help identify other Earth-like planets.

Nancy Grace Roman stands in front of a scale model of the Hubble Space Telescope
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New Space Telescope Named for Nancy Roman, Astronomy Pioneer

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 May 202026 January 2022

Nancy Grace Roman’s namesake telescope will search for distant worlds and the earliest galaxies.

A red moon during total lunar eclipse
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Earth’s Skies Transmitted Signs of Life During Lunar Eclipse

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 March 20207 March 2022

Using upcoming ground- and space-based telescopes, scientists hope to make similar observations of the skies of distant, Earth-like exoplanets.

Profile of a radio telescope at sunset
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More Than Just Astronomy: Radio Telescopes for Geophysics

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 6 December 201924 May 2022

Linking an existing network of radio telescopes with satellite radar would make it possible to measure ground displacements in a globally consistent way, scientists propose.

Photograph of scientists Stacey Sueoka and David Harrington at the new Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope.
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Looking Straight at the Sun

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 19 July 201920 December 2021

Thanks to some crucial calibrations, the world’s biggest solar telescope will have a clearer view of the Sun.

A large piece of technology is deployed into the ocean from a ship.
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An Underwater Telescope to Study Sky and Sea

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 June 201917 January 2023

To peer into the farthest reaches of the universe, you must first build a giant underwater telescope.

The Moon during the 21 January total lunar eclipse with a visible impact flash
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A Meteor Struck the Moon During the Total Lunar Eclipse

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 23 January 201930 August 2022

Telescopes around the world detected an impact event on the lunar surface just before totality on Monday. Amateur and professional astronomers are starting to coordinate data.

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