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Could the First Images From the Vera Rubin Telescope Change How We View Space for Good?

  • The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile released its first detailed images, including the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, on June 23, 2025.
  • The observatory, named for Vera Rubin who proved dark matter's existence in the 1970s, aims to map billions of galaxies and explore the universe over the next decade.
  • Equipped with the world’s largest digital camera and advanced image processing, Rubin will capture about 1,000 images nightly with 30-second exposures to detect transient cosmic events.
  • William O’Mullane emphasized that the observatory’s data flow will transform and test how researchers handle and analyze their information, given its vast scale and significance.
  • This milestone signals a new era in astronomy, with Las Cumbres Observatory supporting real-time tracking of discoveries, and plans to broaden public engagement through exhibits like SBMNH's Our Cosmic Coast.
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Cerro Pachón is a key place for world astronomy. In Chile, at more than 2500 meters of altitude, it is one of the areas of the planet with the best conditions to observe the universe. It is there, in that corner of the globe, where in the last days the Vera C. Rubín Observatory has started to operate. After many years of work. A work that in a very important part has been carried out in Avilés. Because an avilesina company, with ship in the PEPA…

The astronomer and scientific divulgator, Jennifer Anguita, described in CNN Tiempo the contribution of the American Observatory Vera Rubin, located in northern Chile. In this context, she explained that this project, promoted by the United States, dates from mid-2013 and stressed that “it comes to revolutionize the way we do astronomy.” “We are used to observatories asking us for observation time, right? We have to postulate, pay for those nigh…

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wszystkoconajwazniejsze.pl broke the news in on Friday, June 27, 2025.
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