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Author: DENNIS OVERBYE

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Happy 10th Birthday to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Now Drop Dead.

September 10, 2025September 10, 2025DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Happy 10th Birthday to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Now Drop Dead.

Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer.

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Traveling the Cosmos With Carter Emmart, One Last Time

June 13, 2025DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Traveling the Cosmos With Carter Emmart, One Last Time

For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other galaxies await.

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Scientific Dreams in the Balance

June 2, 2025DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Scientific Dreams in the Balance

Research breakthroughs are often sagas of passion, curiosity and sacrifice. If Trump’s proposed budget cuts for 2026 are enacted, many such journeys may never get started.

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Scientific Dreams in the Balance

June 2, 2025DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Scientific Dreams in the Balance

Research breakthroughs are often sagas of passion, curiosity and sacrifice. If Trump’s proposed budget cuts for 2026 are enacted, many such journeys may never get started.

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A Century of Human Detritus, Visualized

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on A Century of Human Detritus, Visualized

“Technostuff” built in the last 100 years outweighs all the living matter on Earth.

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A Solstice of the Soul

December 20, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on A Solstice of the Soul

For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.

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Barnard’s Star Finally Has a Planet, and Possibly More

November 17, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Barnard’s Star Finally Has a Planet, and Possibly More

For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest find is for real.

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Two Black Holes are Giving the Cosmos a Fright

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Two Black Holes are Giving the Cosmos a Fright

The ghosts of stars are up to their usual mischief.

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Astronomers Spot a Black Hole with a Cosmic Wingspan

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Astronomers Spot a Black Hole with a Cosmic Wingspan

Astronomers have discovered a black hole emitting energy in jets longer than the width of 140 Milky Way galaxies.

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Palomar Observatory Bids Farwell to its Cosmic Restaurant

August 4, 2024August 4, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Palomar Observatory Bids Farwell to its Cosmic Restaurant

Palomar Observatory bids farewell to a tradition of napkin rings, cowbells and astronomical table conversation.

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Live Updates: Palestinian Statehood Takes Center Stage at U.N. Summit

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Greenlandic Woman Wins Her Baby Back in Denmark

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Putin Proposes One More Year of Nuclear Caps With U.S.

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Egypt Pardons Alaa Abd El Fattah, Its Most Prominent Political Prisoner

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Egypt Pardons Most Prominent Political Prisoner

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