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A pink-and-blue feast of stellar nurseries and a dense cluster of our neighbouring galaxies appear in the first glimpses of space from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which is set to transform our ...

AI algorithms can sharpen naturally blurry images taken by ground-based telescopes, revealing details otherwise visible only ...

At 3 a.m. on a crisp May night in Chile, all seemed well with the world’s largest digital camera. Until it didn’t. Inside the newly built Vera C. Rubin Observatory, site project scientist Sandrine ...

Currently in its testing phase, the partial commissioning of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is already yielding ...

Project scientists displayed an extraordinary set of ultra-high-definition images and videos for the first time — showcasing both the exploratory and precision capabilities of the recently constructed ...

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High in the mountains of Chile, a new telescope equipped with the world's largest digital camera will collect more astronomical data in a single year than all others combined, and promises to ...

Using preliminary data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scientists have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids. The data were confirmed by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center ...

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered an enormous, fast-spinning asteroid that sets a new record. When ...