在智利安第斯山脉的塞罗帕查翁山顶，一座巨大的圆顶建筑正静静伫立，等待着夜幕降临后开启人类观测宇宙的新纪元。这里是维拉·鲁宾天文台（Vera C. Rubin ...

In 1841, the Jesuit physicist James Curley established an observatory at Georgetown College (now University) in Washington DC ...

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This artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN 45 — the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ever found. The asteroid is shown surrounded by many other asteroids, ...

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Astronomers have found a 710-metre-wide asteroid that spins once every 1.9 minutes, so fast that it should have spun itself ...

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CNN — Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It's fitting that the first national US observatory named for a ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) has barely begun observations and is already wowing us. Images like its Cosmic Treasure Chest have us anticipating even more cosmic glory. And when the observatory ...

Wake up, astronomers—the universe is calling. The astronomical observatory equipped with world’s largest camera hit a key milestone on February 24, when a complex data-processing system pushed ...

The study comes at a critical time, as several next-generation observatories like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Nancy Grace ...