Vera Rubin Survey Telescope
Satellites Make up to 80,000 Flashing Glints Per Hour. It's a Big Problem for Astronomers
Telescopes searching for brief flashes like supernovae and asteroids have to contend with a rising number of glints from satellites.…
Vera Rubin Observatory Could Find Up to 70 Interstellar Objects a Year
Astronomers have discovered two known interstellar objects (ISO), ‘Oumuamua and 21/Borisov. But there could be thousands of these objects passing…
Nancy Grace Roman and Vera Rubin Will be the Perfect Astronomical Partnership
The Vera Rubin Observatory and the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope are two powerful astronomical instruments due to come online in…
Vera Rubin’s Monster 3200-Megapixel Camera Takes its First Picture (in the Lab)
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has taken another step towards first light, projected for some time in 2022. Its enormous…
If Planet 9 is a Primordial Black Hole, We Might Be Able to See Flares When it Consumes Comets
A comet-eating black hole the size of a planet? It's possible. And if there's one out there in the distant…
Interstellar Oumuamua Was a Dark Hydrogen Iceberg
When Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered `Oumuamua passing through our Solar System with the Pan-STARRS telescope, in October 2017, it…
Great News! The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Might be Named for Vera Rubin
The U.S. House of Representatives have passed a bill to change the name of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST.)…