LCO's telescopes around the world, always ready in the dark, drive a unique and powerful engine supporting discoveries in Time Domain Astronomy.
The unique aspect of LCO science is having a global network of telescopes at our disposal. The areas of astronomy most interesting to us are those which take full advantage of this sort of network; targets which appear suddenly and without warning like supernovae and solar system objects and those which need to be observed for long periods in darkness like exoplanets.
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Published Sep 2025
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2025 280 1
ArXiv: 2502.11217
Chime/Frb Collaboration
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Chime/Frb Collaboration, Amiri, Mandana, Amouyal, Daniel, Andersen, Bridget C., Andrew, Shion, Bandura, Kevin, Bhardwaj, Mohit, Boyle, P. J., Brar, Charanjot, Cassity, Alyssa, Chatterjee, Shami, Curtin, Alice P., Dobbs, Matt, Dong, Fengqiu Adam, Dong, Yuxin, Eadie, Gwendolyn M., Eftekhari, Tarraneh, Fong, Wen-Fai, Fonseca, Emmanuel, Gaensler, B. M., Halpern, Mark, Hessels, Jason W. T., Hopkins, Hans, Ibik, Adaeze L., Joseph, Ronniy C., Kaczmarek, Jane, Kahinga, Lordrick, Kaspi, Victoria, Khairy, Kholoud, Kilpatrick, Charles D., Lanman, Adam E., Lazda, Mattias, Leung, Calvin, Main, Robert, Mas-Ribas, Lluis, Masui, Kiyoshi W., McKinven, Ryan, Mena-Parra, Juan, Meyers, Bradley W., Michilli, Daniele, Milutinovic, Nikola, Nimmo, Kenzie, Noble, Gavin, Pandhi, Ayush, Patil, Swarali Shivraj, Pearlman, Aaron B., Petroff, Emily, Pleunis, Ziggy, Prochaska, J. Xavier, Rafiei-Ravandi, Masoud, Rahman, Mubdi, Renard, Andre, Sammons, Mawson W., Sand, Ketan R., Scholz, Paul, Shah, Vishwangi, Shin, Kaitlyn, Siegel, Seth R., Simha, Sunil, Smith, Kendrick, Stairs, Ingrid, Vanderlinde, Keith, Wang, Haochen, Wulf, Dallas, Zegmott, Tarik J.,
Published Aug 2025
The Astrophysical Journal, 2025 989 2
ArXiv: 2505.00083
Śniegowska, Marzena
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Śniegowska, Marzena, Trakhtenbrot, Benny, Makrygianni, Lydia, Arcavi, Iair, Ricci, Claudio, Faris, Sara, Palit, Biswaraj, Howell, D. Andrew, Newsome, Megan, Farah, Joseph, McCully, Curtis, Padilla-Gonzalez, Estefania, Terreran, Giacomo,
Published Aug 2025
The Planetary Science Journal, 2025 6 8
ArXiv: 2506.19027
Kelley, Michael S. P.
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Kelley, Michael S. P., Protopapa, Silvia, Bodewits, Dennis, Heinze, Aren N., Moulane, Youssef, Ye, Quanzhi, Bolin, Bryce, Conseil, Simon, Farnham, Tony L., Feaga, Lori, Gao, Xing, Hsia, Chih-Hao, Jehin, Emmanuel, Kulkarni, Shrinivas R., Laher, Russ R., Lister, Tim, Masci, Frank J., Purdum, Josiah, Yang, Bin,
Published Aug 2025
The Astrophysical Journal, 2025 989 2
ArXiv: 2507.02757
Seligman, Darryl Z.
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Seligman, Darryl Z., Micheli, Marco, Farnocchia, Davide, Denneau, Larry, Noonan, John W., Hsieh, Henry H., Santana-Ros, Toni, Tonry, John, Auchettl, Katie, Conversi, Luca, Devogèle, Maxime, Faggioli, Laura, Feinstein, Adina D., Fenucci, Marco, Ferrais, Marin, Frincke, Tessa, Gillon, Michael, Hainaut, Olivier R., Hart, Kyle, Hoffman, Andrew, Holt, Carrie E., Hoogendam, Willem B., Huber, Mark E., Jehin, Emmanuel, Kareta, Theodore, Keane, Jacqueline V., Kelley, Michael S. P., Lister, Tim, Mandt, Kathleen, Manfroid, Jean, Marčeta, Dušan, Meech, Karen J., Amine Miftah, Mohamed, Morgan, Marvin, Ocaña, Francisco, Peña-Asensio, Eloy, Shappee, Benjamin J., Siverd, Robert J., Taylor, Aster G., Tucker, Michael A., Wainscoat, Richard, Weryk, Robert, Wray, James J., Yaginuma, Atsuhiro, Yang, Bin, Ye, Quanzhi, Zhang, Qicheng,
Published Aug 2025
The Astrophysical Journal, 2025 988 2
ArXiv: 2404.15441
Coulter, D. A.
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Coulter, D. A., Kilpatrick, C. D., Jones, D. O., Foley, R. J., Anais Vilchez, J., Arcavi, I., Clever, K. E., Dimitriadis, G., Filippenko, A. V., Muñoz-Elgueta, N., Piro, A. L., Quiñonez, P. J., Rahman, G. S., Rojas-Bravo, C., Siebert, M. R., Stacey, H. E., Swift, J. J., Zheng, W., Bloom, J. S., Bustamante-Rosell, M. J., Davis, K. W., Kutcka, J., Macias, P., McGill, P., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Siellez, K., Tinyanont, S., Cenko, S. B., Drout, M. R., Hausen, R., Howell, D. Andrew, Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Kasen, D., McCully, C., Rest, A., Taggart, K., Valenti, S.,