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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 ...
See the Mind-Blowing First Images From a Revolutionary New Telescope
In just over 10 hours of test observations, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured millions of celestial objects, opening the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN14h
Stunning New Image of the Sculptor Galaxy Captures the Cosmic Landscape in Thousands of Colors
The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...
ScienceAlert on MSN6h
Behold! World's Largest Camera Snaps Millions of Galaxies in First Pics
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just dropped its very first images. Expected to revolutionize our understanding of the Universe, the new eye on the sky hasn't disappointed. For 10 hours, the US ...
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 ...
Rubin Observatory's first images flaunt millions of galaxies. Take a look.
In its debut, the telescope turned its eye toward two familiar showstoppers in deep space: the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas in ...
World’s Largest Space Camera Snaps Breathtaking First Photos of the Universe
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released its first images, captured using the world’s largest digital camera, kicking off a 10-year mission to explore the changing universe in stunning detail.