21 September 2020
Jupiter could have 600 moons, a new study says
... the larger number of proposed moons is carried out. Confirmations may have to wait until telescopes such as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory come on line. Aside from helping to search for dark matter by mapping galaxies through time and space...
26 August 2020
LEO constellations will "fundamentally change" astronomy, warns new report
.... Instruments such as the Dark Engery Camera at the Cerro Tololo InterAmericam Observatory are already afflicted but upcoming space observatories like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory that will peer deep into the history of the Universe are also...
06 November 2020
The Moon could have a long-lost "twin" in orbit around Mars
... uncommon composition. These yet to be discovered small asteroids might have to wait until the Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins operations in 2022. Although the Rubin Observatory is set to probe the nature of dark matter and dark energy, it will also...
13 March 2020
Over 100 new minor planets found in new astronomical survey
...iceberg as upcoming astronomy surveys, including the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, will survey the entire southern sky and will... any other large datasets, such as what the Rubin Observatory will produce," Bernardinelli says. The searches could also ...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... in Chile, as a reference case. The Vera C Rubin Observatory houses the Simonyi Survey Telescope and will carry ...range for the Starlink configuration from Table 1, for different observatory latitudes and for two minimum elevations over the horizon: ...
04 June 2020
Mega constellations and their impact on astronomy
... wide field of view telescopes is a different story. One telescope that could be severely compromised is the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, that presently is still under construction in Chile. It is a wide field reflecting telescope based on an 8.4 metre...
