A new age of colossal telescopes is upon us.
One of these advanced observatories, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory located in the dark Chilean mountains, is in its last stages of construction and set to come online in mid or late 2025. An astronomer working on the observatory, Mario Juric, a professor at the University of Washington, posted a short video on X (formerly Twitter) showing Rubin’s space-viewing prowess.
The observatory’s 8.4-meter-wide (27.5 feet) Simonyi Survey Telescope swivels around fluidly, which will allow scientists to rapidly take images of different cosmic targets.
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