The Vera C. Rubin Observatory at sunset on Cerro Pachón in Chile

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory at sunset on Cerro Pachón in Chile. Equipped with an 8.4 meter wide-field telescope and a 3.2 gigapixel camera, Rubin Observatory will be used to carry out a deep survey of nearly half the sky once its operational, enabling a broad range of fundamental astrophysical …

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