Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world's largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of the cosmos, allowing astronomers to figure out how the solar system formed ...

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Rubin Observatory begins 10-year sky survey to uncover dark matter, track asteroids, and build a detailed view of our evolving universe.

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Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the Vera C. Rubin ...

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The first deep space images from a mountaintop observatory in Chile have scientists excited for what they could soon learn ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory was conceived nearly 30 years ago, and now we are finally seeing the first images captured by ...

University of Washington scientists have worked for years to help bring the Vera C. Rubin Observatory online so it can begin ...

The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum received a $10 million donation from Northrop Grumman to support the transformation of the museum's building in Washington, D.C. In honor of the gift, ...

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