George Mason University’s Landolt Space Mission is a collaboration with NASA on a scientific initiative that will eventually send an artificial star into orbit around the Earth. Why do we need a fake ...

With the ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers created a new tool called the Four Laser Guide Star Facility (4LGSF) that is capable of producing the brightest artificial star ever seen. While ...

MADISON COUNTY, Ill. — The “Landolt NASA Space Mission” will launch a tiny satellite mimicking a star into space named after an astronomer from the Metro East. According to George Mason University, ...

Four lasers were directed into the skies above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal facility in Chile. Each laser creates an artificial star, which astronomers use to measure and then ...

Last week, four lasers were projected into the sky above the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Paranal site in Chile. The lasers successfully created an "artificial star" that astronomers can use to ...