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Aether review – dazzling lecture about a medium, a magician and a mathematician

Emma Howlett’s play spins several stories – including those of astronomer Vera Rubin and a PhD student – with a light touch

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2025

Vera Rubin Observatory glows under recalibration LEDs | Space photo of the day for July 28, 2025

The glowing light shows the intricate details that make this cutting-edge telescope work.

Space · Jul 28, 2025

Night sky glows purple above Vera Rubin Observatory | Space photo of the day for July 22, 2025

The Vera Rubin Observatory in the Atacama Desert recalibrated under a purple night sky.

Space · Jul 22, 2025

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will help astronomers investigate dark matter, continuing the legacy of its pioneering namesake

Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time finding it.

Space · Jul 7, 2025

Listen to the Andromeda galaxy's stars played as musical notes in eerie NASA video

NASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, and then created a music video by converting the light in those images to musical notes.

LiveScience · Jun 27, 2025

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will help astronomers investigate dark matter, continuing the legacy of its pioneering namesake

Everything in space – from the Earth and Sun to black holes – accounts for just 15% of all matter in the universe. The rest of the cosmos seems to be made of an invisible material astronomers call dark matter.

The Conversation · Jun 24, 2025

1st images from the Vera C Rubin Observatory will drop on June 23. Here's why that's such a big deal

The Rubin Observatory will reveal its first images on Monday. Space.com spoke to scientists who explained why this will be a monumental event for astronomy.

Space · Jun 20, 2025

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A new observatory is assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the night sky ever

On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2025

Nvidia's GTC keynote inevitably went all in on AI but I'm definitely here for the Isaac GR00T robots

AI for your job, your storage, your factories, and your little robot too.

PC Gamer · Mar 19, 2025

Nvidia announces Rubin GPUs in 2026, Rubin Ultra in 2027, Feynman also added to roadmap

Nvidia provided its latest data center GPU roadmap update, showing the Rubin platform slated for release in the second half of 2026, with Rubin Ultra planned for the second half of 2027. The next generation architecture after Rubin will be named after Richard Feynman, a theoretical physicist.

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 18, 2025

World's largest digital camera to help new Vera Rubin Observatory make a 'time-lapse record of the universe' (video)

A major milestone with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has been reached with the installation of the telescope's enormous eye — the world's largest digital camera.

Space · Mar 17, 2025

NASA denies setting 'new bans' for employees amid reports of removing LGBTQI+ symbols from offices

NASA claims that there are "no new bans" on employees' personal items, amid reports of the agency purging workspaces of LGBTQI+ symbols.

Space · Feb 13, 2025

Scientists alarmed as Rubin Observatory changes biography of astronomer Vera Rubin amid Trump's push to end DEI efforts

Astronomers are expressing disappointment and alarm as the federally-funded Rubin Observatory altered the biography of renowned astronomer Vera Rubin, for whom the facility is named, on its website.

Space · Feb 11, 2025

The low keep getting lower, as shown by Trump’s response to the DC plane crash

When asked about his plans to visit the crash site, Trump made a joke: ‘The water? You want me to go swimming?’

The Guardian - US · Feb 1, 2025

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Space · Jan 14, 2025

Rubin Observatory aces 1st image tests, gets ready to use world's largest digital camera

The Rubin Observatory will eventually hold the world's largest digital camera. It's therefore a good sign it has aced its first image test.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024

‘She was right and they were wrong’: the female astronomers hidden by science’s male elite

As a new play examines the work of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, we celebrate the women whose crucial discoveries were ignored or suppressed

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 2, 2024

Nvidia Rubin revealed as Blackwell successor, powerful Vera CPU coming too

At Computex 2024 Nvidia has announced that the Rubin GPU architecture will be the successor to Blackwell. Rubin GPUs are set to splashdown in 2026, bringing support for 8-Hi HBM4 stacks, and will be followed up with Rubin Ultra GPUs, supporting 12-Hi HBM4 stacks. A powerful new CPU called Vera…

Space · May 28, 2024

How scientists shipped astronomy's largest camera from California to Chile

The largest camera ever built for astronomy arrived in Chile, where it will be installed atop Rubin Observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope.

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Laptop · May 13, 2024

Nvidia might be working on new AI GPUs — but there's a catch, gamers

Nvidia is reportedly underway on a future generation of AI-focused GPUs, codenamed Rubin, but who are they really for?

TechRadar · May 13, 2024

Nvidia might already be working on a future generation of AI-focused GPUs, codenamed Rubin

Nvidia's next GPU series, Rubin, could end up improving AI features from the Blackwell series while lowering its power consumption.

Bored Panda · May 1, 2024

New Scientific Data Shows That Dark Matter Is Even Stranger Than We Thought

Dark matter appears to be more complex than we thought: a new scientific approach is trying to get to the bottom of the cold dark matter concept. The post New Scientific Data Shows That Dark Matter Is Even Stranger Than We Thought first appeared on Bored Panda.

Space · Apr 3, 2024

The world's largest digital camera is ready to investigate the dark universe

The 3,200-megapixel LSST camera, build for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, is completed. It will create "the greatest movie of all time" to crack the mystery of dark energy.

Space · May 4, 2023

If dark matter is 'invisible,' how do we know it exists?

Dark matter is the mysterious substance that accounts for most of the universe's mass, but it doesn't interact with light, making it effectively invisible. So how do astronomers know dark matter exists?

The Conversation · Aug 30, 2022

We don't know if dark matter exists. So why do astronomers keep looking?

Scientists know very little about the matter that makes up the galaxies in the Universe. About 20% of the matter in galaxies is visible or baryonic: subatomic particles like protons, neutrons and electrons. The other 80%, referred to as “dark matter”, remains mysterious and unseen.

ABC News · Aug 20, 2022

The search for dark matter

In a gold mine at the edge of a rugged mountain range, scientists are searching for something no-one has ever seen.

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