World’s Largest Digital Camera Detected 800,000 Cosmic Changes Tuesday
View of Vera C. Rubin Observatory beneath the glittering band of the Milky Way. NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin…
Astronomers Wake Up to 800,000 Notifications From Observatory Watching the Night Skies
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory spent the night staring at the dark cosmos, alerting astronomers of ongoing changes…
Astronomers Discover Unusual Asteroid Spinning Faster Than Anything Its Size
Researchers have identified 19 super- and ultra-fast-rotating asteroids, including one that is the fastest-spinning asteroid of its kind.…
A Mysterious Warp at the Edge of the Solar System May Point to the Existence of a Hidden “Planet Y”
A strange tilt in the outer reaches of the Kuiper Belt has scientists wondering if the solar system…
The World’s Largest Camera Captures It’s First Images Of Space » TwistedSifter
Vera C. Rubin Observatory As technology improves by leaps and bounds, so does our understanding and glimpses into…
Vera Rubin Observatory Unveils First High-Res Images of 3I/ATLAS—Captured Days Before Astronomers Knew It Existed
The recent arrival of a mysterious new interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, made headlines after astronomers initially spotted it in…