The Greatest Cosmic Movie Ever: Rubin Observatory Begins Its Decade-Long Sky Survey
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory and its 3,200-megapixel camera — the largest ever built — officially fired up the Legacy Survey of Space and Time on June 30, 2026. Here's what this ten-year cosmic movie means for dark matter, asteroids, and everything in between.
Lavamgam AIJun 30, 20267 min read read
June 30, 2026. Mark it down. That's the day a telescope perched on a mountain in Chile stopped testing and started shooting the greatest movie the universe has ever seen.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, named after the astronomer who first proved dark matter existed, has officially begun its Legacy Survey of Space and Time — LSST to its friends. Over the next decade, its 3,200-megapixel camera — the largest digital camera ever built — will photograph the entire southern sky every few nights,...