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The Rubin Observatory Will Unleash a Flood of NEO Detections
After about 10 years of construction, the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) is scheduled to see its first light in January…
3 months ago
Vera Rubin Will Help Us Find the Weird and Wonderful Things Happening in the Solar System
The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) is something special among telescopes. It's not built for better angular resolution and increased resolving…
10 months ago
Vera Rubin Will Find Binary Supermassive Black Holes. Here’s How.
When galaxies merge, we expect them to produce binary black holes (BBHs.) BBHs orbit one another closely, and when they…
12 months ago
We’re Entering a New Age When Spacecraft Communicate With Lasers
In October 2023, NASA launched its long-awaited on-again, off-again Psyche mission. The spacecraft is on its way to study the…
1 year ago