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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Scientists fear a federal lab won't perform its harmful algae bloom work this year because of staffing losses and future planned budget cuts.

The camera, now bolted to the end of a giant telescope at the Rubin Observatory, is expected to shoot photos of 20 billion ...

The 6,000-pound camera was built at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park. It has the largest lens built for ...

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Scientists unveiled the first images from what they are calling “the greatest astronomical discovery machine ever built," and ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

The mission, which Rocket Lab called "Symphony in the Stars," sent the satellite to a circular orbit 650 kilometers (404 ...

Powered by the largest digital camera ever built, Rubin Observatory has taken its first images—millions of stars and galaxies ...

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the Vera C. Rubin ...