Space Superlatives of 2020!
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2020 wasn't ALL bad news. This year scientists found ludicrously fast stars, ancient galaxy clusters, and developed a camera that could change how we study the night sky.
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Sources:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/astronomers-spot-distant-galaxy-group-driving-ancient-cosmic-makeover
https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2020/01/13/astronomers-find-farthest-galaxy-group-identified-date
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.04764.pdf
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-fastest-star-in-the-galaxy-has-been-found-and-yeah-its-really-really-fast
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimedia/black-hole-SagittariusA.html
https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2020-09-08-sensors-world-largest-digital-camera-snap-first-3200-megapixel-images-slac.aspx
https://docushare.lsst.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-13936
https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/search/51675580?q=focal%20plane&filters=%257B%257D
https://www.lsst.org/science/transient-optical-sky/supernovae
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