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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Explain it in 60 seconds: big data

How do you solve a problem like big data?

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Now that NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera has been installed, what’s next?

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The long and continuing quest to understand dark energy has entered exciting new territory.

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Press Release

Using the largest digital camera in the world, Rubin Observatory will soon be ready to capture more data than any other observatory in history.

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Rubin Observatory’s rapid scanning of the night sky will capture the largest sample of Type Ia supernovae yet, unlocking new insights into dark energy.

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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.

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A new center brings astrophysics, data science, and AI together to answer some of the universe’s biggest questions.

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AI is playing a key role in helping SLAC researchers find new galaxies and tiny neutrinos, and discover new drugs.

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The observatory's practice camera has captured its first on-sky data.

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This research advances our understanding of Earth's deep interior and exoplanets, opening new research avenues in Earth and planetary sciences.

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory will unite coordinated observations of cosmic phenomena using the four messengers of the universe.

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David Cesar, Julia Gonski and W.L. Kimmy Wu will each receive $2.75 million issued over five years for their research in X-ray and ultrafast...

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