In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of ...

While ground- and space-based telescopes spot about 20,000 asteroids each year, Rubin Observatory is expected to uncover millions of the space rocks within its first two years, according to the ...

The first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory showed off a breathtaking preview of its capabilities — capturing millions of stars and galaxies light-years from Earth, along with thousands ...

By precisely tracking the orbit of over 156,000 asteroids, ... 350 asteroids have hidden moons, Gaia space ... that first formed the sun and then birthed the planets of the solar system over 4 ...

An ultraprecise satellite tasked with mapping more than a billion stars across the galaxy has spotted something fascinating closer to home: 352 asteroids in the solar system that likely have their ...

Further afield, Rubin will image millions of galaxies, flagging those where exploding stars known as supernovas are spotted. Supernovas are incredibly useful to astronomers, who can use the ...

Understanding the distribution of water throughout the Solar System—across planets, moons, asteroids, and everything in between—could help us learn how life came to be in our corner of the galaxy.

More information: De-Chang Dai et al, Searching for small primordial black holes in planets, asteroids and here on Earth, Physics of the Dark Universe (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.dark.2024.101662 . On ...

That field likely helped drive matter into the solar system, where it became incorporated into planets, asteroids and moons. The study team analyzed three particles returned from the asteroid Ryugu.

An asteroid hitting a neutron star could release enough energy to power humanity for 100 million years, more than enough to explain fast radio bursts!

Moons Are Planets by SpaceRef October 28, 2021 July 15, 2024. ... The folk taxonomy was based on what an object orbits, making satellites out to be non-planets and ignoring most asteroids.

The video then zooms out to showcase about 10 million galaxies spotted by the camera’s wide view — roughly 0.05% of the 20 billion galaxies Rubin will observe over 10 years.