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rwmjyesterday at 1:26 PM4 repliesview on HN

That's the most authors I've seen on any paper. I counted 46 across 36 separate institutions.


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PhoenixFlame101yesterday at 3:36 PM

Relevant PhD comics: https://phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1911

JBorrowyesterday at 4:10 PM

46 authors isn’t that many. Big projects necessitate many authors (e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06209)

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jeffbeeyesterday at 3:19 PM

Turns out launching a gigantic camera into orbit and developing a photograph of the beginning of the universe takes teamwork.