Vera Rubin Observatory

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Will You Be Sad If the Betelgeuse Star Goes Supernova?

Lucianne Walkowicz 21/02/2020

Betelgeuse’s fainting is an exciting chance for naked-eye stargazers...

Palomar Transient Factory, Zwicky Transient Facility, small telescopes, Vera Rubin Observatory, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Shrinivas Kulkarni, SpaceX Starlink, astronomical twilight, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, dark energy, Hubble constant, redshift, Doppler effect, charge-coupled devices, Type Ia supernovae, supernova, neutron stars, pulsars, millisecond pulsars, Alex Filippenko, Ooty radio telescope, Govind Swarup, IIT Delhi, Caltech Optical Observatory, Donald Backer,

Interview: Shrinivas Kulkarni, Finder of a Thousand Exploding Stars

Jatan Mehta 25/01/2020

An interview with the creator of the Palomar Transient...