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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun generating test images of the night sky, thanks to the Simonyi Survey Telescope and its giant camera as well as a data management team that ...

Rubin Observatory. This mammoth observatory is currently under construction at the peak of Cerro Pachón, a nearly 9,000 feet-tall mountain in Chile. The observatory will house a 8.4-meter ...

(Main) An illustration shows the Vera C. Rubin observatory hunting for Type Ia supernovas (Inset) an illustration of a feeding white dwarf reaching critical mass. | Credit: (Main) RubinObs/NOIRLab ...

Armed with the world's largest digital camera, the forthcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will take night-sky images that revolutionize astronomy. When you purchase through links on our ...

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has been under construction for years. Now, scientists are finetuning its instruments so the telescope can begin its 10-year mission of taking images of ...

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a joint project of the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, has been under construction for years — and later this month workers are ...

The Simonyi Survey Telescope now has its mirrors and a camera in place. (Credit: Rubin Observatory) The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope in Chile has now been ...

On July 24, 2024, a team at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile installed its 3.4-meter secondary mirror onto the Simonyi Survey Telescope. Its installment brings the facility one step closer ...

The Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera is about the size of a small car. (Credit: Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / NSF / DOE / AURA / F. Munoz) The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun ...