Researchers have just announced a spectacular new discovery for Vera Rubin Observatory – the telescope's first candidate dwarf planet, a large object in the Kuiper Belt some 600 to 1,500 km across.
Despite not yet being fully operational, the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has made a remarkable discovery of 11,000 asteroids in space.
An observatory in Chile with the world's largest camera has published first images of star nurseries and galaxies. The Vera Rubin Observatory can detect even tiny changes in the sky, making it an ideal asteroid spotter.
