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It's an impressive technique. Direct imaging finds planets that would be unlikely to be identified via other detection techniques (such as measuring the wobble in the parent star's radial ve…

> Exoplanets are too far away and too small to image directly. If you mean resolving details of the exoplanet, then yes that is currently true. But we have imaged exoplanets directly, meaning taken…

The Cycle 2 General Observer proposal deadline will probably be late this year or early next year (I forget exactly when). Anyone can apply, and proposals are reviewed by scientific panels after submi…

> Like there is even a downloadable app that you use to plan & book time If you mean the APT (Astronomer's Proposal Tool) this tool was originally developed for Hubble Space Telescope prop…

> Spacecraft could theoretically be used to extend the baselines but the volume of data to be transferred is prohibitive with current spacecraft comm tech. Space-based very long baseline interferom…

This newer HN post includes an anchor link to a specific section of the page about COVID impacts, but it's the same page/text.

Some comments from ~10 days earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29570640

They could've made the information more obvious, but there's some info in the comments on the trailer: https://vimeo.com/392233458#comment_18576653 …

My favorite has been a stovetop toaster (e.g., [0]), when I've had a gas range. It toasts bread of varying sizes, no need to worry about bread or bagels getting stuck inside it, no dials, it fold…

I just wanted to note that the paper the blog post is discussing received some attention here on HN a little over 2 weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28821498 …