Conceptually started in 2000, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a groundbreaking astronomical experiment in Chile. It houses the Simonyi Survey Telescope, an automated 8.4-meter telescope designed to conduct a 10-year survey of the visible sky. The observatory aims to provide unprecedented insights into dark energy, dark matter, the solar system, and the Milky Way through its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). With its unique capability to photograph the entire Southern sky every few nights, the LSST will produce the largest astronomical database, enabling scientists to create “movies” of how astronomical objects move and interact. Read more
