Rubin Observatory at night time in March 2024.
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Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/A. Pizarro D.
Rubin Observatory at night time in March 2024.
Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/A. Pizarro D.
Some scientists are satisfied that past Neptune, there is a planet they’ve but to see. This so-called “Planet 9” is so far-off, it might be a faint object.
The stretch of sky researchers must search is big. However a brand new astronomical facility on a mountaintop in Chile may assist deal with the search.
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has been beneath building for years. Now, scientists are finetuning its devices so the telescope can start its 10-year mission of taking pictures of just about the whole southern sky.
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