With the ability to scan the entire southern night sky every three days, the huge Vera C. Rubin Observatory could be about to ...

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On 23 June, a new chapter in astronomy begins as the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile unveils its first images of the universe. Register now to join the watch party at Sonnenborgh in Utrecht ...

We have never had such a big telescope imaging so wide and so deep,” remarked Anais Möller, an astrophysicist at Swinburne ...

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