A decade-long sky movie: Rubin Observatory to map a dynamic universe
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) has begun, capturing thousands of 30-second exposures every night for 10 years to create a digital color movie of the southern sky, with real-time alerts on unusual changes and public data access. The project aims to illuminate dark matter and dark energy, map stellar histories and asteroids, and possibly uncover unexpected phenomena that could revolutionize astronomy, while facing challenges from ultra-bright satellites and other technical hurdles.
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- ‘The greatest cosmic movie ever made’: Historic telescope kicks off an unprecedented survey CNN
- A giant telescope goes on a decade-long search for dark matter The Washington Post
- A Dazzling Census of Our Cosmos Begins The New York Times
- LSST begins full operations with key contributions from Japanese researchers and engineers Phys.org
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