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Daniel Pomarède<p>The 4 biggest mysteries the new Vera Rubin Observatory could solve</p><p>No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like this before. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.</p><p>Just two days to go before the public reveal of the first images!<br><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/vera-rubin-observatory-new-telescope-science-mysteries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalgeographic.com/science</span><span class="invisible">/article/vera-rubin-observatory-new-telescope-science-mysteries</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubinFirstLook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinFirstLook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CaptureTheCosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaptureTheCosmos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rubin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/observatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>observatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cosmology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telescope</span></a></p>
Alan Boyle<p>After more than 20 years of planning and construction, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> in Chile is ready to revolutionize astronomy - and you can be in on the first day of the revolution. Check out the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FictionScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FictionScience</span></a> podcast: <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/20/rubin-observatory-first-look/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/20/rubin</span><span class="invisible">-observatory-first-look/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a></p>
Daniel Pomarède<p>Beautiful new cover of Science Magazine, starring the Vera C. Rubin Observatory</p><p>3 days to go before the first images are revealed!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://astrodon.social/@VRubinObs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>VRubinObs</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/toc/science/388/6753" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/toc/science/388/67</span><span class="invisible">53</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubinFirstLook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinFirstLook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CaptureTheCosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaptureTheCosmos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magazine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rubin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/observatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>observatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MilkyWay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilkyWay</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>Most Venusian co-orbitals are nearly <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/invisible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invisible</span></a> from Earth because they often remain in the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a>’s glare ☀️. “While surveys like those from the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> 🔭 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://astrodon.social/@VRubinObs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>VRubinObs</span></a></span> may be able to detect some of these <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> ☄️ in the near future, we believe that only a dedicated observational campaign from a space-based 🌌 mission near <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> could potentially map and discover all the still ‘invisible’ potentially <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/hazardous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazardous</span></a> asteroids” <a href="https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/05/is-venus-hiding-a-deadly-threat-asteroids" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dailygalaxy.com/2025/05/is-ven</span><span class="invisible">us-hiding-a-deadly-threat-asteroids</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/AsteroidThreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsteroidThreat</span></a></p>
Khurram Wadee ✅<p>A Milky Road to the <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Rubin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Observatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Observatory</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Picture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Picture</span></a> of the Day</p><p><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250604.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250604.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chile</span></a></p>
Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️<p>"Software suggests Rubin Observatory will discover millions of solar system objects" by GeekWire / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alanboyle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alanboyle</span></a></span> - Getting a grasp on what effect the high-resolution sky survey of <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LSST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LSST</span></a> will have: using previous rates of discovery of asteroids to estimate what we don't yet know, multi-university Sorcha simulation forecasts LSST may discover half of all then-known asteroids within a year. And its majority share will continue to grow. <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2025/sorcha-software-rubin-observatory-millions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">geekwire.com/2025/sorcha-softw</span><span class="invisible">are-rubin-observatory-millions/</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a></p>
Alan Boyle<p>A new type of computer simulation predicts that the upcoming <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> sky survey will double the number of known <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> in the solar system in less than a year. <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2025/sorcha-software-rubin-observatory-millions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">geekwire.com/2025/sorcha-softw</span><span class="invisible">are-rubin-observatory-millions/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sorcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sorcha</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Software predicts a bonanza of solar system discoveries<br>A new type of computer simulation predicts that the&nbsp;Vera C. Rubin Observatory&nbsp;in Chile will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the solar system over the course of the coming decade.</p><p>The discovery campaign, which is due to begin in earnest later this year, should expand th<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/03/software-predicts-a-bonanza-of-solar-system-discoveries/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/06/03/softw</span><span class="invisible">are-predicts-a-bonanza-of-solar-system-discoveries/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeekWire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LSST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LSST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
AstrobiologySky🌌🦠🧬<p>😊Thus, we encourage the astrobiology community to exploit the scientific opportunities of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/LSST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LSST</span></a>, perhaps through the creation of a specific topical science team working group. <br><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrobiology</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Exoplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exoplanet</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Biosignature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biosignature</span></a></p>
AstrobiologySky🌌🦠🧬<p>☺️💖The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/LSST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LSST</span></a> provides the astrobiology community enormous opportunities to develop its search for evidence for <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> having evolved elsewhere in the <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a>.<br><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrobiology</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Exoplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exoplanet</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Biosignature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biosignature</span></a></p>
AstrobiologySky🌌🦠🧬<p>Great, interesting study!😊😀<br>"Multiscale astrobiology with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time"<br><a href="https://frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2025.1594485/full" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">frontiersin.org/journals/astro</span><span class="invisible">nomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2025.1594485/full</span></a><br><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrobiology</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Exoplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exoplanet</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Biosignature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biosignature</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/LSST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LSST</span></a></p>
Alan Boyle<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> has begun generating test images of the night sky, with the aid of the world's largest digital camera, but the big reveal will have to wait until later this year. <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2025/test-images-rubin-observatory/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">geekwire.com/2025/test-images-</span><span class="invisible">rubin-observatory/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>The <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> team has successfully executed the multi-month coordinated activity of removing ComCam from the Simonyi Telescope, installing the LSSTCam, and connecting it to all Rubin Observatory systems: <a href="https://community.lsst.org/t/2025-04-17-on-sky-commissioning-update/9998" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">community.lsst.org/t/2025-04-1</span><span class="invisible">7-on-sky-commissioning-update/9998</span></a> - the engineering test phase with the largest camera ever built for astrophysics has now started, and on Tuesday 15 April 2025, the first on-sky engineering data taking began, with the i-band filter in the beam.</p>
Daniel Pomarède<p>NOIRLab image of the week</p><p>Research on the Ridge</p><p>Featuring Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Gemini South Telescope, SOAR Telescope, and the former Calypso Telescope, now repurposed as Rubin Auxiliary Telescope.</p><p>Credit: O. Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory<br>Release date: Jan. 15, 2025<br><a href="https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2503a/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw</span><span class="invisible">2503a/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NOIRLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NOIRLab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rubin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CerroPach%C3%B3n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CerroPachón</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubinObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telescope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GemeniSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GemeniSouth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iotw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iotw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CerroPachon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CerroPachon</span></a></p>
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