The director of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) joins an astrophysicist and a theoretical physicist in a discussion about how LSST will delve into the 'dark universe' by taking an ...

An artist's rendering of the proposed Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. The 8.4-meter LSST will use a special three-mirror design, creating an exceptionally wide field of view and will have the ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have completed the first "science raft" for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), a massive telescope ...

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is a planned wide-field “survey” reflecting telescope that will photograph the entire available sky every few nights. The LSST is currently in its design and ...

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project has announced two major gifts: $20 million from the Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences and $10 million from Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Under ...

Scientists from many institutions in 23 countries have since collaborated, and descended on the South-American nation of Chile to construct the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), a megalithic ...

The National Science Foundation has agreed to support the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy to manage the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope construction project, with a budget of up ...

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A bill before the U.S. House of Representatives could name the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in honor of astronomer Vera Rubin, who discovered the first clear evidence of dark matter.

It will go on a giant telescope taking shape in Chile called the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. LSST is different from most large telescopes. Instead of staring at a tiny patch of the sky and ...

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project faces a major milestone this month. The National Science Board will pass down its decision on whether to fund the next phase of LSST construction ...

Google, the world's largest Internet search engine, has joined a group of 19 universities, national labs and private foundations that is building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).