Filed 24 September 2026

A new generation of observatories goes online

Bigger datasets are changing what it means to look at the universe.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory under a night sky
✦ Nuvellum The Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Cerro Pachón, Chile
Image rightsPhoto: Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Quint / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.

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