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Edward Gomez using 3 different-sized balls to demonstrate the science behind a supernova explosion at Hong Kong Science Festival.

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Edward Gomez

17 Sep 2021

Education Director

This image depicts a young star named GM Aur eating up gas and dust particles of a protoplanetary disk, which is represented by the green material surrounding the bright star. Image by M. M. Romanova

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Infant Star Observed by LCO Telescopes

Sandy Seale | 08 Sep 2021

Undergraduate physics students from South Africa attending a workshop in South Africa using LCO data, hosted by Global Sky Partner AstroLab. With AstroLab’s workshops these students now have astronomy curriculum in their universities.

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Worldwide Astronomy Education Program will Expand its Reach with Major Grant

Sandy Seale | 27 Aug 2021

The fastest asteroid in the Solar System has been discovered by NOIRLab using the Dark Energy Camera in Chile — the Sun’s new nearest neighbor. Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva

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Fastest Orbiting Asteroid Observed by LCO Telescopes

Sandy Seale | 23 Aug 2021

A Night View of the New 1m Telescope from its Dome at Teide Observatory. Image Credit: LCO.

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Two New Telescopes See First Light in Tenerife

Sandy Seale | 12 Aug 2021

Twilight at Rubin Observatory, April, 2021. Cerro Pachón, Chile. Image Credit: Rubin Observatory / NSF / AURA

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Heising-Simons Foundation Grant Will Fund Equity and Excellence in Science

Sandy Seale | 05 Aug 2021

Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), as seen in a synthetic color composite image made with the Las Cumbres Observatory 1-meter telescope at Sutherland, South Africa, on 22 June 2021. The diffuse cloud is the comet’s coma. Credit: LOOK/LCO

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LCO Discovers Activity on Largest Comet Ever Found

Sandy Seale | 14 Jul 2021

Las Cumbres Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope color composite of the electron-capture supernova 2018zd (the large white dot on the right) and the host starburst galaxy NGC 2146 (toward the left). Credit: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale; LCO

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A New Type of Supernova Illuminates an Old Mystery

Sandy Seale | 28 Jun 2021

Todd Henderson on the job at Las Cumbres Observatory

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Todd Henderson

19 May 2021

Mechanical Project Engineer

Carole East with a Naxi tribe woman at the Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan, China.

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Carole East

08 Apr 2021

Finance and Contracts Manager

SN 2011fe in the galaxy M101 is a Type Ia supernova, the type used as standard candles in this study.  This composite image was created from data taken by Las Cumbres Observatory and the Palomar Transient Factory.  Credit: BJ Fulton / LCO / PTF.

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LCO Scientists Use Supernovae to Make a New Measurement of the Hubble Constant

Sandy Seale | 16 Mar 2021

Students participating in the 2020 HI STAR program, through a Zoom meeting. Photo credit: Carolyn Kaichi.

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HI STAR Student Program in Maui Excels in Research

Sandy Seale | 16 Feb 2021

The MuSCAT3 multi-channel camera, shown before it shipped from Tokyo in the summer of 2020, for installation on the LCO 2m telescope at Haleakala Observatory.

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LCO Commissions New Multi-Channel Instrument

Sandy Seale | 26 Jan 2021

Students at LCO's Camp Cosmos science camp

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Global Sky Partners named as one of the most innovative educational projects in the world

Edward Gomez | 04 Nov 2020

Dr. Edward Gomez leads a physics demonstration with students in Hong Kong.

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Dr. Edward Gomez of Las Cumbres Observatory Wins the 2020 Lise Meitner Medal

Sandy Seale | 29 Oct 2020

Tidal Disruption Event

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LCO Telescopes Observe a Star Being Shredded by a Supermassive Black Hole

Sandy Seale | 21 Oct 2020

Figure: Satellite trails observed in LCO data are removed using Python software written by Stanford Online High School student Owen Dugan (work to be presented at the 2021 SAS meeting).

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Stanford Online High School Students Use LCO Data in Astronomical Research

Sandy Seale | 30 Sep 2020

Wilson Chau (left) and Holden Suzuki, 8th graders at Maui Waena Intermediate School

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Maui Students Use LCO to Perform Cutting-Edge Astronomy

Sandy Seale | 18 Sep 2020

LCO & Sencha

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LCO & Sencha: Advancing Discoveries in the Universe

Sandy Seale | 16 Sep 2020

LCO image opened in AstroImageJ and annotated to indicate the locations of the stars in a tertiary system. The position angle and separation of the A and C components were measured in this study, see work below by Slown, Freed, & Brazzle.

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InStAR Students Publish Work Featuring LCO Data

Sandy Seale | 11 Sep 2020

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Las Cumbres Observatory Selects Key Projects for 2020

Sandy Seale | 08 Sep 2020

Asteroid 2020 OO1, image courtesy of University of Hawai’i Institute for Astronomy HI STAR program.

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Students Use Las Cumbres Observatory for Research

Sandy Seale | 13 Aug 2020

Artist's interpretation of supernova 2019ehk. The star shed gas (in purple) right before the explosion and then created calcium-rich material (in orange). Credit: Aaron M. Geller.

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Calcium-Rich Supernova Examined with X-Rays for the First Time

Sandy Seale | 06 Aug 2020

New Horizons Spacecraft, image courtesy of NASA.

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Las Cumbres Observatory Observations were Essential to First-Ever Interstellar Parallax Experiment

Sandy Seale | 24 Jul 2020

LCO 2m and 1m telescope enclosures at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia.

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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