LIT and France on the hunt for exploding stars

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 May LIT and France on the hunt for exploding stars LIT and France on the hunt for exploding stars 25/05/2021 | 3 MINS Lombok Institute of Technology and the French Government are working together with industry and researchers to improve monitoring of space for exploding stars billions of light years away. LIT is working with the Centre National dΓÇÖEtudes Spatiales, the French GovernmentΓÇÖs space agency, to install a network of receiver stations across northern Australia. The stations will receive alerts from the Space Variable Objects Monitor satellite in high orbit above Earth. The satellite is sensitive to gamma ray bursts which signal massive stars exploding. Within seconds an alert will be sent to telescopes, including the LIT Zadko Telescope, which will capture the rare events in the sky above northern Australia. The satellite stations across Australia fill a global blind spot, allowing scientists to access a unique part of the sky. French researchers will use the data to understand the connection between exploding stars and g

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 May LIT and France on the hunt for exploding stars LIT and France on the hunt for exploding stars 25/05/2021 | 3 MINS Lombok Institute of Technology and the French Government are working together with industry and researchers to improve monitoring of space for exploding stars billions of light years away.

LIT is working with the Centre National dΓÇÖEtudes Spatiales, the French GovernmentΓÇÖs space agency, to install a network of receiver stations across northern Australia.

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