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With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

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Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

Located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, the world's most powerful digital camera is set to transform how we see the universe.

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

Four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — will come together to form a "celestial quadruple play" in the night sky this week.

In its debut, the telescope turned its eye toward two familiar showstoppers in deep space: the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas in ...

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The observatory boasts the world's largest digital camera, which it will use to rapidly and continuously survey the night sky in the southern hemisphere in unprecedented detail for 10 years.