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World's largest telescope unveils first images of distant galaxies in stunning detail: "Cosmic treasure chest"
The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions ...
Stunning first images from powerful space telescope show new 'peek of cosmos'
The camera at the Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile is expected to reveal new details from space on an unprecedented scale ...
Thousands of asteroids and millions of galaxies shine in first images from the largest camera ever built
The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...
Largest camera ever built captures eye-popping images of millions of distant stars and galaxies
The first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory showed off a breathtaking preview of its capabilities — capturing millions of stars and galaxies light-years from Earth, along with thousands ...
This Powerful Telescope Quickly Found 2,100 New Asteroids
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a ...
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New NSF telescope aims to discover unknowns in space
The Legacy Survey of Space and Time telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory leverages novel technological systems to ...
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A new telescope will find billions of asteroids, galaxies and stars
The arrival of those photons—many from ancient stars and galaxies and which had been travelling across the universe for ...
World’s largest telescope helps scientists better ‘understand the history of the universe’
Vera Rubin Observatory has an ideal position atop Cerro Pachón in Chile and is predicted to be the most effective observatory.