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The decade-long wait for U.K. astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals dazzling first images.

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Rubin Observatory in northern Chile released its first images to the public on Monday. Later this year, it will begin its ...

The legacy of astronomer Vera C. Rubin, for whom the observatory was named, was not just the way her work revolutionized ...