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This artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN45 — the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ever found. The asteroid is shown surrounded by many other asteroids, depicting its location within the main asteroid belt. The Sun and Jupiter are shown in the distance. 2025 MN45 is 710 meters (0.44 miles) in diameter, and it completes a full rotation every 1.88 minutes. The discovery was made using data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Spots Record-Breaking Asteroid in Pre-Survey Observations

First peer-reviewed paper using LSST Camera data identifies an asteroid, nearly the size of eight football fields, rotating every two ...
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Many stars and galaxies including two spiral galaxies and three merging galaxies.

Ever-changing Universe Revealed in First Imagery From NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a major new scientific facility jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and ...
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory First Look unveiling event save-the-date poster.

Mark Your Calendars! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Unveil First Look Images on 23 June 2025

We invite you to attend the live stream of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s First Look event, taking place on ...
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The immense digital camera is slowly being moved into place lifted by a yellow lift.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of ...
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A good comparison of the ComCam engineering test camera with the LSSTCam can be seen in the figure. The two have the same resolution and sensitivity, but the LSSTCam covers 21 times more area on the sky in every image. A single test engineering image from the very first night of the ComCam campaign, before any detailed tuning or more precise alignment of the optical system, is shown in the context of the coverage that will be provided by the LSSTCam: every one of the 21 squares in the teal wire frame is equivalent to another ComCam, all observing the sky at the same time. As ComCam already covers an impressive area equivalent to two full Moons, the promise of the full LSSTCam is incredible.

Testing, Testing! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Completes Comprehensive System Tests With Flying Colors

After ten years of construction, NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is less than one year away from the start of its transformational ...
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A group poses in front of of a starry sky with a visible comet

NSF Representatives and US Senate Staffers Visit AURA Facilities in Chile

U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee staffers, along with representatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.S. Embassy, visited the AURA/NOIRLab ...
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A group of people stand in front of of a very large telescope at Simonyi Survey Telescope Dedication Ceremony at Rubin Observatory

Simonyi Survey Telescope Dedicated at NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Ceremony

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory celebrated a landmark moment in astronomy and astrophysics with the dedication of the Simonyi Survey ...
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AURA Distributes Initial Funding of US $900,000 to Contribute to the Development of Astronomy in Chile

AURA Distributes Initial Funding of US $900,000 to Contribute to the Development of Astronomy in Chile

The fund is connected to the upcoming start of operations of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and will be administered ...
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The LSST Camera is lifted out of its shipping crate on the third level of Rubin Observatory.

LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory in Chile, Paving the Way for Cosmic Exploration

The largest camera ever built for astrophysics has completed the long journey from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California to ...
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Participants sitting at a square of tables about to being the meeting.

AURA Annual Meeting 2024

On a bright April morning in Tucson, Arizona, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy’s (AURA) Annual Meeting kicked ...
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Victor Krabbendam

Project Manager for Rubin Construction Victor Krabbendam has been Project Manager for Rubin Construction since 2012, after eight years as ...
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Montage of Rubin Observatory and SLAC LSST Camera

World’s Largest Digital Camera for Astronomy is Complete and will travel to Rubin Observatory in Chile

This 3,200 megapixel instrument, built by the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California, will be brought to ...
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