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Start exploring the night sky with our top picks for beginner-friendly telescopes. Tested for clarity, ease of use and build ...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's primary mirror is 8.4 meters in diameter, which makes it one of the largest optical ...
In just over 10 hours of test observations, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured millions of celestial objects, opening the ...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is home to the largest digital camera ever built – and it just took its first photos ...
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to unveil its first imagery at a livestreamed event today, showcasing cosmic ...
The arrival of those photons—many from ancient stars and galaxies and which had been travelling across the universe for ...
The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera at the $810 million 18-storey Vera C. Rubin observatory in Chile, named after the US astronomer who ...
That’s because the design was visually inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST. Ultimately, though, it’s purpose is quite different— it’s designed to use mirrors to collect and ...