Las Cumbres Observatory

The Star That Survived a Supernova

A tenacious star validates a revised model of supernovae
Looking Deep into Space

Grad student and LeRoy Apker Award winner Joseph Farah brings his curiosity and drive to Las Cumbres Observatory
A Star Director

Lisa Storrie-Lombardi joins the campus community as the head of Las Cumbres Observatory
Where Are They?

Experimental cosmologist Philip Lubin and his group use photonics to search Andromeda for signs of alien life
Catch a Fleeting Kilonova

In a first-ever event, neutron stars merge and the resulting gravitational waves tip off astronomers to the subsequent flash
Astronomer Uncovers The Hidden Identity Of An Exoplanet

Thanks to Diana Dragomir we now know the true mass and size of HD 97658b, an exoplanet orbiting a bright star.

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