An astronomer from NSF’s NOIRLab has teamed up with a geologist from California State University, Fresno, to make the first estimates of rock types that exist on planets orbiting nearby stars. After studying the chemical composition of “polluted” white dwarfs, they have concluded that most rocky planets orbiting nearby stars are more diverse and exotic than previously thought, with types of rocks not found anywhere in our Solar System.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2127/
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NOIRLab Communications, Education & Engagement
2 Nov. 2021
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29 Oct. 2021
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded its 2020 Project Management Excellence Award to the project team for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which ...
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29 Oct. 2021
The SATCON2 workshop addressed a watershed moment in the transformation of space. In 2018, a few thousand operational satellites orbited the Earth. By 2030, there may be more than 100,000. ...
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22 Oct. 2021
Members of the team that developed the Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (IRAF) software system are this year’s recipients of the Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) ...
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21 Oct. 2021
After nearly a decade of work, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has delivered the last of the six filters built for use with Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s ...
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19 Oct. 2021
Project & Science News
Rubin Observatory leadership showcased recent accomplishments and discussed upcoming plans at this year’s National Science Foundation (NSF)/Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Status Review, which was held ...
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15 Oct. 2021
The Satellite Constellations 2 (SATCON2) workshop, held 12–16 July 2021, brought together more than 350 astronomers, satellite operators, dark-sky advocates, policy experts, and other stakeholders from 40 countries ...
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11 Oct. 2021
In an exciting milestone at Cerro Pachón in Chile, Vera C. Rubin Observatory's telescope mount assembly was manually rotated in azimuth and elevation for the first time since testing ...
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8 Oct. 2021
The Mid-Scale Observatories (MSO) program of NSF's NOIRLab is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle Edwards as Associate Director of Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO).
Edwards completed ...
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5 Oct. 2021
Project & Science News
Read the details about the recent rotation of the Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) on Cerro Pachón, in elevation and azimuth, in this recent news item, ...
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