"Assassin" Targets Supernovae in Our Neighborhood of the Universe
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
While many astronomical collaborations use powerful telescopes to target individual objects in the distant universe, a new project at The Ohio State University is doing something radically different: using small telescopes to study a growing portion of the nearby universe all at once. Since it began, the project has detected 89 bright supernovae and counting--more than all other professional astronomical surveys combined.