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  1. 🚀 Wow, the Rubin Observatory finally released its LSST Camera and captured a whopping 500,000 galaxies! 🌀 Because, you know, counting galaxies is way more thrilling than watching paint dry. Who knew staring at a cosmic field could be the next big thing in entertainment? 📸✨
    rubinobservatory.org/news/rubi #RubinObservatory #LSSTCamera #GalaxyCount #CosmicExploration #SpaceEntertainment #AstronomyFun #HackerNews #ngated

  2. Rubin Observatory starts filming 10-year ‘cosmic movie’
    The science team behind the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially launched a decade-long survey of the southern sky — an ambitious project three decades in the making.

    The start of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, follows years of planning and construction of the billion-dollar
    cosmiclog.com/2026/06/30/rubin
    #GeekWire #Astronomy #RubinObservatory #Space

  3. 📸 Rubin’s First Look: A Sagittarius Skyscape
    This wide-field view from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory spans over 4 degrees in Sagittarius. It captures the Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20), two iconic regions of star formation in the Milky Way.
    📅 June 25, 2025
    📷 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs
    🔗 stellarsnap.space
    #APOD #RubinObservatory #Sagittarius #Nebulae #LagoonNebula #TrifidNebula #MilkyWay #WideField #DeepSky #Astrophotography #StellarSnap #CosmicClouds