Sitting high on the dry Chilean Andes, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to see its first light in 2025. However, the observatory is already showing its potential in detecting potentially hazardous asteroids. These objects are asteroids that aren’t currently a threat to our planet, but whose orbits bring them close enough that astronomersContinue reading “The Vera C. Rubin Observatory shows its flair for asteroid detection”
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