Evryscope, Greek for “wide-seeing”
Everyscope: Opening a new window into time-resolved astronomy.
Arecibo Detects a Fast Radio Burst
A mysterious Fast Radio Burst (FRB) from beyond the galaxy has been detected at Arecibo. This is the first FRB discovered outside of Parkes Observatory, giving greater credence to the astronomical nature of these signals.
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Data to the Extreme
Lots and lots more data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Measuring Debris Disks’ True Sizes
Resolved images of debris disks with Herschel reveal their true sizes, and test the assumptions used in unresolved observations.
A Big Step Backward for Time Domain Astronomy
Astronomers at Harvard are working to digitize over 500,000 historic photographic plates obtained between 1985 and 1993. With about ~8% of the plates scanned they are already offering us a unique glimpse into the variability of the universe on a 100 year time scale.