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Astronomers Confirm Brown Dwarf Gliese 229B as Twin Pair Orbiting in 12 Days
Scientists have discovered that Gliese 229B, the first brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago, is actually two brown dwarfs orbiting close to each other. This unexpected find was made using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, solving a long-standing puzzle about the object's dim appearance. The twins, Gliese 229Ba and Gliese 229Bb, orbit each other in ...
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Gemini South’s GHOST Spectrograph Captures Optical Light Spectrum From Chemically Complex Star
The Gemini South telescope, one of the world’s most powerful optical-Infrared telescopes located in Chile, has captured its first light image of a chemically complex star. The telescope was equipped with the GHOST, or the Gemini High-Resolution Optical SpecTrograph, allowing it to capture detailed images of celestial bodies.
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Caught On Camera: Meteor Lights Up Night Sky Over Chile
A meteor which lit up the night sky in the Chilean capital Santiago has been caught on camera. The inhabitants of the city heard the sound of the meteor crossing the atmosphere as if it were a burst of thunder.
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Amazon Eyes Chilean Skies as It Seeks to Datamine the Stars
The data could prove fertile ground for Amazon to develop new artificial intelligence tools.
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Hoping to Find Life on Other Planets, Astronomers Start on Giant Chile Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), scheduled to be completed by 2024, will have a resolution 10 times that of the Hubble spacecraft.
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Chile to Host 70 Per cent of World's Astronomical Infrastructure by 2020
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has said that by 2020 Chile should host about 70 percent of the global astronomical infrastructure.
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Astronomers Confirm Brown Dwarf Gliese 229B as Twin Pair Orbiting in 12 Days
Scientists have discovered that Gliese 229B, the first brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago, is actually two brown dwarfs orbiting close to each other. This unexpected find was made using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, solving a long-standing puzzle about the object's dim appearance. The twins, Gliese 229Ba and Gliese 229Bb, orbit each other in ...
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Gemini South’s GHOST Spectrograph Captures Optical Light Spectrum From Chemically Complex Star
The Gemini South telescope, one of the world’s most powerful optical-Infrared telescopes located in Chile, has captured its first light image of a chemically complex star. The telescope was equipped with the GHOST, or the Gemini High-Resolution Optical SpecTrograph, allowing it to capture detailed images of celestial bodies.
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Caught On Camera: Meteor Lights Up Night Sky Over Chile
A meteor which lit up the night sky in the Chilean capital Santiago has been caught on camera. The inhabitants of the city heard the sound of the meteor crossing the atmosphere as if it were a burst of thunder.
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Amazon Eyes Chilean Skies as It Seeks to Datamine the Stars
The data could prove fertile ground for Amazon to develop new artificial intelligence tools.
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Hoping to Find Life on Other Planets, Astronomers Start on Giant Chile Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), scheduled to be completed by 2024, will have a resolution 10 times that of the Hubble spacecraft.
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Chile to Host 70 Per cent of World's Astronomical Infrastructure by 2020
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has said that by 2020 Chile should host about 70 percent of the global astronomical infrastructure.
