Targeting supernovae in our neighborhood of the universe
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 15:01
in Astronomy & Space
While many astronomical collaborations use powerful telescopes to target individual objects in the distant universe, a new project is doing something radically different: using small telescopes to study a growing portion of the nearby universe all at once. Since it officially launched in May 2014, the project has detected 89 bright supernovae and counting -- more than all other professional astronomical surveys combined.