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CHARA’s Longest Baselines: How 330 Meters of Separation Resolves a Stellar Disk

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May 23, 2026 12:11 am

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Annie
Chandra’s X-Ray Eyes: Engineering the Sharpest Mirror Ever Flown in Space

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May 15, 2026 12:12 am

Georg R.
Keck’s Laser Guide Star: How a Sodium Beacon Sharpens the Universe

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May 12, 2026 5:12 pm

Annie
The Arecibo Collapse: Who Knew What, When, and Why the World’s Most Famous Telescope Fell

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May 6, 2026 12:10 am

Harlo S.
Kepler’s Reaction Wheels: How a $600 Million Observatory Died — and Was Reborn — on a Pair of Bearings

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May 4, 2026 12:11 am

Georg R.
Why Paranal Sees 0.6 Arcseconds: Site Testing and the VLT’s Home

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May 1, 2026 12:12 am

Annie
The JWST Overrun: How NASA’s Flagship Became a $10 Billion Test of Congressional Patience

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April 28, 2026 12:10 am

Harlo S.
JWST’s Sunshield: Five Layers Between Ambition and Absolute Zero

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April 26, 2026 12:09 am

Georg R.
Inside ALMA’s Band 6: How 211–275 GHz Receivers Measure Molecular Gas

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April 23, 2026 12:09 am

Annie

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