Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer
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Newly Discovered Star Opens A Laboratory For Solving A Cosmic Dust Mystery

by Keith Cowing

Seventy light-years from Earth, a star called Kappa Tucanae A harbors one of astronomy’s most perplexing mysteries: dust so hot it glows at more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, existing impossibly […]

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Imaging Low-mass Planets Within The Habitable Zones Of Nearby Stars With Ground-based Mid-infrared Imaging

by Keith Cowing

Giant exoplanets on 10-100 au orbits have been directly imaged around young stars. The peak of the thermal emission from these warm young planets is in the near-infrared (~1-5 microns), […]

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New Telescope Images Of Volcano World Io

by Keith Cowing

New images of Jupiter’s volcano-studded moon Io, taken by the Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham in Arizona, offer the highest resolution of Io ever achieved with an Earth-based instrument. […]

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Exploring The Directly Imaged HD 1160 System Through Spectroscopic Characterisation And High-cadence Variability Monitoring

by Keith Cowing

The time variability and spectra of directly imaged companions provide insight into their physical properties and atmospheric dynamics.

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