Record number of first-time observers get Hubble telescope time

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Since NASA introduced a double-blind review system to reduce bias, more successful proposals are coming from astronomers who haven’t been awarded observation time before.

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  1. Dalmeet Singh Chawla

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An unprecedented number of first-time investigators have secured viewing time on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in the years since the agency overhauled the application process to reduce systemic biases.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03538-8

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  1. Kerzendorf, W.E. et al. Nat Astron 4, 711–717 (2020).

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