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Excellence in Science

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.

LCO Science Groups

  Exoplanets
 Solar System
  Supernovae

Enhancing Community Science

  AEON
 TOM Toolkit
  Observatory Control System
  Astrophysics with LSST

Recent Publications

Publications Bibliometrics

Published Aug 2026
Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 2026, Volume 69, Issue 9, id.299511
ArXiv: 2608.19929v2

SN 2021pfs: A Type Ia Supernova Likely Affected by Progenitor Metallicity, as Revealed by Comparison with Its Twin Counterpart
Iskandar, Abdusamatjan  et al. Iskandar, Abdusamatjan, Wang, Xiaofeng, Esamdin, Ali, Li, Wenxiong, Zeng, Xiangyun, Huang, Ruifeng, Lu, Guoliang, Howell, D. Andrew, McCully, Curtis, Wyatt, Samuel, Hiramatsu, Daichi, Padilla Gonzalez, Estefania, Pellegrino, Craig, Newsome, Megan, Galbany, Lluis, Sand, David J., Smith, Nathan, Sears, Huei,

Published Aug 2026
Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems XI, 2026 14151

An instrumentation update strategy for the Las Cumbres Observatory's 1-meter telescope fleet
Harbeck, Daniel-Rolf  et al. Harbeck, Daniel-Rolf, Kadlec, Kal, Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa, Foale, Steve, Bowman, Mark, Kirby, Annie, Volgenau, Nikolaus, Narita, Norio, Fukui, Akihiko,

Published Aug 2026
Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IX, 2026 14155

Data-driven acquisition offset correction for telescope networks using machine learning and sensitivity analysis
Zariski, Jackson  et al. Zariski, Jackson, Kratter, Kaitlin M., Bowman, Mark, Dharwadkar, Nandini,

Published Jul 2026
Science China Physics, Mechanics, and Astronomy, 2026 69 9
ArXiv: arXiv:2608.19929

SN 2021pfs: A type Ia supernova likely affected by progenitor metallicity, as revealed by comparison with its twin counterpart
Iskandar, Abdusamatjan  et al. Iskandar, Abdusamatjan, Wang, Xiaofeng, Esamdin, Ali, Li, Wenxiong, Zeng, Xiangyun, Huang, Ruifeng, Hu, Maokai, Lü, Guoliang, Howell, D. Andrew, McCully, Curtis, Wyatt, Samuel, Hiramatsu, Daichi, Gonzalez, Estefania Padilla, Pellegrino, Craig, Newsome, Megan, Galbany, Lluís, Sand, David J., Smith, Nathan, Sears, Huei,

Published Apr 2026
Science advances, 2026-04, Vol.12 (16), p.eaef2618
ArXiv: arXiv:2604.23929

Uncovering the Rapidly Evolving Orbits of the Dynamic TOI-201 System
Mireles, Ismael  et al. Mireles, Ismael, Ulmer-Moll, Solène, Liveoak, Donald, Dragomir, Diana, Korth, Judith, Venner, Alexander, Collins, Karen A., Triaud, Amaury H. M. J., Guillot, Tristan, Petit, Antoine, Carmichael, Theron, Millholland, Sarah, Hallatt, Tim, Parviainen, Hannu, Osborn, Hugh P., Rapetti, David, Baycroft, Thomas A., Bhatnagar, Siddharth, Bouchy, François, Dancikova, Radka, Figueira, Pedro, Lendl, Monika, Udry, Stéphane, Wheatley, Peter, Abe, Lyu, Agabi, Abdelkrim, Beltrame, Matteo, Bendjoya, Philippe, Deloupy, Vincent, Mékarnia, Djamel, Schmider, François-Xavier, Suárez, Olga, Barkaoui, Khalid, Horne, Keith, Murgas, Felipe, Palle, Enric, Schwarz, Richard P., Sefako, Ramotholo, Shporer, Avi, Srdoc, Gregor, Stockdale, Chris, Wilkin, Francis P., Hartman, Joel D., Sgro, Lauren A., Tan, Thiam-Guan, Jenkins, Jon M., Bódi, Attila, Havell, David, Rivett, Darren, Transom, Ian,