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Joshua Weston, PhD Candidate, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast

World’s biggest astronomy camera seeks to answer pressing questions about the universe

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids, which will from now on be discovered at an astonishing rate as it begins its Legacy Survey of Space and Time, a ten-year survey probing the deepest reaches of the universe.

During the course of this survey, astronomers around the globe will seek to answer some of the most pressing questions about the nature of our world.

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