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Carnegie Mellon Joins Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project (1/10/2008)

Carnegie Mellon University joined the collaboration building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) and is now among the 23 universities, national laboratories and corporations involved in constructing the world's most powerful survey telescope. ...> Full Article

LSST astronomy project awarded $30 million from Charles Simonyi, Bill Gates (1/4/2008)

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project will announce today, Jan. 3, its receipt of two major gifts: $20 million from the Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences and $10 million from Microsoft founder Bill Gates. "The LSST is an extremely ambitious project that will have enormous impact on a wide range of scientific questions," said Niel Brandt, Penn State professor of astronomy and the leader of the LSST ActiveGalaxy/Quasar team. "We are quite excited about the multitude of research opportunities -- ranging from potential killer asteroids in our solar system to the most distant objects in the universe -- that will be available for Penn State scientists." ...> Full Article