by The first dazzling images were released by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy by Vera C. Rubin Observatory, whereby the night sky was “as never before”.
The snapshots show the breathtaking result of more than 10 hours of test observations and snap the mysterious miracle of the cosmos. This includes millions of stars and galaxies and thousands of asteroids in Rubin, sapphire and gold against the Tinke Schwärze of our well -known universe. There are several thousand light years from the earth, the trifid and lagoon lever-riangly gas and dust clouds. We see them here in Flamingo Pink.
The newly published pictures of the upcoming 10-year scientific mission of the observatory to help people better understand our place on the light blue point known as earth.
“NSF -Doe Rubin Observatory will capture more information about our universe than all optical telescopes in the course of history,” said Brian Stone, who performs the tasks of the director of the National Science Foundation. “With this remarkable scientific institution, we will examine many cosmic secrets, including dark matter and dark energy that penetrate the universe.”
“We are entering a golden age of American science,” said Harriet Kung, reigning director of the Department of Energy Science Office. “NSF-Doe Rubin Observatory reflects what is possible if the federal government leads first-class engineers and scientists with the instruments.”
The observatory, named in honor of the related US astronomer, which found the presence of dark matter in Galaxies, is located on the summit of the Cerro Pachón mountain in Chile. The highlight of more than two decades has an 8.4-meter telescope with the largest digital camera ever built. The camera has the size of a small car and weighs almost £ 6,200. Called a camera, each picture covers an area in the sky and 45 full moons.
The main task will begin later this year. Known as a legacy overview of space and time, the telescope will fly over the sky every evening for about 10 years. He takes an ultra-high-definition time-lapse from the universe and helps to promise that scientists will be billions of scientific discoveries: some we cannot even imagine.
In the work of the observatory, numerous questions about Dark Energy and Rubin’s work on the dark matter is to be answered: an invisible substance that drives normal matter, including gas and dust. Although dark matter and dark energy make up 95 percent of the universe, their properties are unknown. Astronomers didn’t even know that it existed until the 20th century. The NASA scientists also plan to use their new Nancy Grace Roman space to try to define it better.
In terms of what we can see, the observatory will collect more data in the first year alone than that of all optical observatories. According to the operators, it will be the most efficient and effective discovery machine for solar systems ever built. Recorded pictures that cover the southern sky every three to four nights find invisible asteroids and supports our planetary defense skills.
Ultimately, the observatory will make progress. Scientists can carry out their own investigations into Rubin’s data from afar.
“This treasure mass will help scientists to make countless discoveries on the universe and to serve an incomparable resource for scientific exploration for the coming decades,” said the groups.
