Highlights
Apply to be a 2021 Global Sky Partner
Edward Gomez | 29 Apr 2021
LCO Scientists Use Supernovae to Make a New Measurement of the Hubble Constant
Sandy Seale | 16 Mar 2021
HI STAR Student Program in Maui Excels in Research
Sandy Seale | 16 Feb 2021
LCO Commissions New Multi-Channel Instrument
Sandy Seale | 26 Jan 2021
Global Sky Partners named as one of the most innovative educational projects in the world
Edward Gomez | 04 Nov 2020
Dr. Edward Gomez of Las Cumbres Observatory Wins the 2020 Lise Meitner Medal
Sandy Seale | 29 Oct 2020
LCO Telescopes Observe a Star Being Shredded by a Supermassive Black Hole
Sandy Seale | 21 Oct 2020
Stanford Online High School Students Use LCO Data in Astronomical Research
Sandy Seale | 30 Sep 2020
Maui Students Use LCO to Perform Cutting-Edge Astronomy
Sandy Seale | 18 Sep 2020
LCO & Sencha: Advancing Discoveries in the Universe
Sandy Seale | 16 Sep 2020
InStAR Students Publish Work Featuring LCO Data
Sandy Seale | 11 Sep 2020
Las Cumbres Observatory Selects Key Projects for 2020
Sandy Seale | 08 Sep 2020
Students Use Las Cumbres Observatory for Research
Sandy Seale | 13 Aug 2020
Calcium-Rich Supernova Examined with X-Rays for the First Time
Sandy Seale | 06 Aug 2020
Las Cumbres Observatory Observations were Essential to First-Ever Interstellar Parallax Experiment
Sandy Seale | 24 Jul 2020
Las Cumbres Observatory Robotic Telescopes Provide Vital Data for Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Sandy Seale | 26 Jun 2020
During COVID-19 pandemic, LCO has continued to operate their global network of robotic telescopes where it is safe and allowed to do so
LCO Global Sky Partner WAISSYA 2019 is an Inspiring Success
Sandy Seale | 08 Dec 2019
West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers has great success with students in Nigeria
Las Cumbres Observatory to help develop a Cyberinfrastructure Institute for Astronomical Data
Sandy Seale | 24 Oct 2019
Las Cumbres Observatory is one of nine organizations jointly awarded a $2.8 million grant by the National Science Foundation to further develop the concept for a Scalable Cyberinfrastructure Institute for Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (SCIMMA).
LCO Reaches a Major Milestone with Observations on the SOAR Telescope
Sandy Seale | 14 Aug 2019
Las Cumbres Observatory has just reached a major milestone, when the first night of observations directed by LCO were conducted on the 4.1m SOAR Telescope in Chile.
LCO Builds New Instrument to Study December Comet
Sandy Seale | 14 Dec 2018
Comet 46P/Wirtanen as viewed with the Faulkes Telescope North, Las Cumbres Observatory at Maui, Hawaii, on 9 December 2018. The green diffuse cloud is the comet’s coma – the green color being caused by carbon molecules. The reddish stripe in the lowe
LCO and NASA’s Kepler work together to determine origins of supernova
Sandy Seale | 29 Nov 2018
Artist’s conception of the progenitor system of a Type Ia supernova. A white dwarf (tiny dot in the center of the disk at right) steals matter from a companion star (left). When it steals too much matter, the white dwarf explodes. This supernova exp