December 6, 2025

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a groundbreaking scientific facility jointly funded by the NSF and the U.S. DoE’s Office of Science, has recently released its first batch of images to the public. This observatory, located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, boasts an exceptionally wide field of view, extreme speed, and a massive digital camera. The images captured by the observatory showcase a small section of the Virgo cluster of galaxies, revealing two prominent spiral galaxies, three merging galaxies, several groups of distant galaxies, and many stars in the Milky Way galaxy. thumb-1892
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a groundbreaking scientific facility jointly funded by the NSF and the U.S. DoE’s Office of Science, has recently released its first batch of images to the public. This observatory, located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, boasts an exceptionally wide field of view, extreme speed, and a massive digital camera. The images captured by the observatory showcase a small section of the Virgo cluster of galaxies, revealing two prominent spiral galaxies, three merging galaxies, several groups of distant galaxies, and many stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

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