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Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea discovered “the clearest evidence yet that a supermassive black hole can ...

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

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NASA has awarded contracts to seven American companies to develop technologies for the planned Habitable Worlds Observatory.

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