Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016. Dr. Rubin’s work persuaded astronomers of the existence of dark ...
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the highly anticipated "Coast-to-Coast Countdown to 2025," presented by Nexstar Media Group and host Nikki Novak, the delegates from the ...
The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...
Scientists are deploying two telescopes to detect high-energy neutrinos, also known as ghost particles, under the Mediterranean Sea. The two telescopes are part of the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino ...