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A view of Cerro Pachón at sunset in 2024 shows the Rubin Observatory with Gemini South and SOAR in the distance, ahead of Rubin’s...

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This image of the Trifid nebula (top right) and the Lagoon nebula, combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in...

This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth

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In about 10 hours of observations, NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovered 2,104 never-before-seen asteroids in our solar system, including seven near-Earth asteroids (which...

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Made from over 1,100 images captured by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the video begins with a close-up of two galaxies then zooms out...

A small section of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s view of the Virgo Cluster, offering a vivid glimpse of the variety in the cosmos

Public Lecture Poster

Poster How we built the world’s largest digital camera

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Public lecture presented by Michael McGehee

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Presented by Bill Schlotter

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Public lecture presented by Lance Dixon

Public Lecture Poster

Poster illustration of public lecture featuring Jocelyn Richardson

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Public lecture presented by Jocelyn Richardson

Public Lecture Poster

Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

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Public Lecture presented by Quynh L. Nguyen

A view of Cerro Pachón at sunset in 2024 shows the Rubin Observatory

Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas

A swarm of new asteroids

The cosmic treasure chest

How we built the world’s largest digital camera

Printing Solar Cells for Greener Energy

Magnetic Movies: Watching Memory Bits Dance

Hunting the Elusive Higgs Boson and the Origin of Mass

Microbes Mining Minerals

Microbes Mining Minerals (recording)

Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers (recording)