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Giant Lasers Bring Distant Twinkling Stars Into Sharp Focus

Nov 22, 20182 min
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Episode description

The twinkling of a starry night sky is romantic, sure. But for astronomer Dominika Wylezalek, “it’s a nightmare.” That’s because Wylezalek studies galaxies billions of light-years away, and all that finicky glimmering—she’d call it “turbulence”—gets in the way.

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