$1.9 Billion Telescope Has ‘Excellent Chance’ Of Finding Planet X — If It Exists
A new paper discusses the possible existence of an unseen planet in the outer solar system, the so-called "Planet X" or ...
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This powerful space telescope could be a national secure risk for the U.S.
The U.S. has been developing a powerful telescope connected to the world's largest digital camera. Once fully operational, the Vera Rubin Observatory will be able to produce a full image of the sky.
When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk
Ivezić is the 59-year-old director of the Vera Rubin Observatory, a $1 billion telescope that the United States has been ...
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How Vera C. Rubin Revolutionized Dark Matter
Learn how Vera C. Rubin overcame adversity and helped researchers understand dark matter.
A Supercomputer Just Created the Largest Universe Simulation Ever
The Frontier supercomputer's calculations provide a new foundation for simulating the universe's conventional physics, but ...
More than 10,000 supernovae counted in stellar census
Since 2018 the Zwicky Transient Facility, an international astronomical collaboration based at the Palomar Observatory in ...
Northwestern University Joins Giant Magellan Telescope International Consortium
As the 9th American institution to invest, Northwestern University expands the Giant Magellan Telescope international consortium to 15 members from the United States, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Israel, ...
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This powerful space telescope could be a national secure risk for the U.S.
The Vera Rubin Observatory, this new telescope in Chile, will be able to look at an enormous tile of the sky at one time - 40 times the size of the full moon. And so by going tile by tile over ...