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First close-up view of "cotton candy" nebula captured by world's largest cosmic telescope
A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...
A Colossal Telescope in the Desert Just Captured Galaxies We’ve Never Seen Before
More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...
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Astronomers Brace for 10 Million Alerts a Night from Rubin Observatory
Made from over 1,100 images captured by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the video begins with a close-up of two galaxies ...
These are the first images from Earth’s giant new telescope
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...
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Look inside the revolutionary Vera C. Rubin Observatory
After decades of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to begin a 10-year survey of the southern ...
Rubin Observatory Data Flood Will Let the Universe Alert Astronomers 10 Million Times a Night
The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and they’re stunning—vast, ...
Could the first images from the Vera Rubin telescope change how we view space for good?
We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...
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Rubin Observatory reveals the first images of the Universe
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has revealed its first imagery, which will be followed by more detailed observations to gain a ...
Vera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescope’s First Images
Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded ...
Rubin Observatory’s Stunning Result Proves It’s a ‘Game Changer’ for Spotting Dangerous Asteroids
The freshly minted telescope discovered 2,000 previously unknown asteroids in just 10 hours. Weirdly, NASA doesn’t seem to ...
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As light pollution increases, West Texas works to protect the world's largest 'dark sky reserve'
While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...
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‘New era in astronomy.’ Penn State helps develop world’s most powerful survey telescope
The first images from the telescope were released earlier this week, and it uses a 3,200-megapixel camera the size of a car.