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The Rubin Observatory found 2,104 asteroids in just a few days. It could soon find millions more
"This is five times more than all the astronomers in the world discovered during the last 200 years since the discovery of the first asteroid," Željko Ivezić, Deputy Director of Rubin's Legacy Survey of Space and Time, said during the conference. "We can outdo two centuries of effort in just a couple of years."
New Vera Rubin Observatory discovers 2,000 unknown asteroids within 10 hours
While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in orbit, the first images by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory revealed 2,000 undiscovered asteroids taken during about 10 hours of scanning the night sky.
Keeping Earth safe from asteroids isn’t just spotting them – it’s also helping people understand what a high-impact ...
The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...
Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...
A minimum of three 'city-killer' asteroids have been spotted near Venus, and they could strike Earth in the next few weeks without warning.
A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...
NASA officer Dr Kelly Fast is responsible for identifying and tracking asteroids, and figuring out if any of these rocky ...
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