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==Discoveries and observations== LBT, with the [[XMM-Newton]], was used to discover the [[galaxy cluster]] [[2XMM J083026+524133]] in 2008, over 7 billion light years away from [[Earth]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Baldwin |first=Emily |date=2008-08-27 |title=XMM discovers monster galaxy cluster |url=http://astronomynow.com/080827XMMdiscoversmonstergalaxycluster.html |access-date=2010-04-25 |publisher=Astronomynow.com}}</ref> In 2007 the LBT detected a 26th magnitude afterglow from the gamma ray burst [[GRB 070125]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nd.edu/~lumen/2007_04/FirstsciencefromtheLargeBinocularTelescope.shtml|title=First science from the Large Binocular Telescope|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502024118/http://www.nd.edu/~lumen/2007_04/FirstsciencefromtheLargeBinocularTelescope.shtml|archive-date=2009-05-02}}</ref> In 2017, LBT observed the [[OSIRIS-REx]] spacecraft, an uncrewed asteroid sample return spacecraft, in space while it was en route.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/large-binocular-telescope-snags-first-glimpse-of-osiris-rex|title=Large Binocular Telescope Snags a Glimpse of NASA's OSIRIS-REx|last=Hille|first=Karl|date=2017-09-08|work=NASA|access-date=2018-10-20|language=en}}</ref>
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