The futuristic $1.9bn Vera C Rubin Observatory took nine years to build and will survey the night sky in unprecedented detail
After nine years of construction, a state-of-the-art telescope connected to the world’s largest camera is set to change our understanding of astronomy.
Perched on top of a barren mountaintop in the arid Chilean desert region of Coquimbo, the Vera C Rubin Observatory looks out of this world, quite literally.
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