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Looking for a comforting cosmic experience? Use your cursor to listen to the #music of the spheres, courtesy of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and a couple of space-savvy musicians. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/08/21/turn-the-rubin-observatorys-view-of-the-sky-into-a-song/ #Space #Sonification #RubinObservatory

Turn the Rubin Observatory’s view of the sky into a song
There's a new way to listen to the music of the spheres, courtesy of the Rubin Observatory and a couple of space-savvy musicians.

An online app known as Skysynth lets you turn the observatory's imagery of the night sky into a tinkling sequence of musical notes by running a cursor ove
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/08/21/turn-the-rubin-observatorys-view-of-the-sky-into-a-song/
#CosmicSpace #Astronomy #Music #RubinObservatory #Space

🇬🇧 “Do we really want Square Kilometre Array Observatory discoveries to be announced from a #HQ alongside what would be the world’s largest disused 🚫 radio #telescope?”

Jodrell Bank 🔭 was among dozens of facilities, instruments and projects hit by cuts last week. The #RubinObservatory in Chile faces a 20% cut to #UK participation. The Next-Generation Transit Survey, which is searching for solar systems similar to Earth’s, received a 45% cut 📉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/03/jodrell-bank-observatory-artists-writers-scientists-letter

#SKA #Astronomy

🚀 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? 📸✨
https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-new-window-cosmos-field #RubinObservatory #LSSTCamera #GalaxyCount #CosmicExploration #SpaceEntertainment #AstronomyFun #HackerNews #ngated

Rubin Observatory's first LSST Camera release: 500k galaxies in the COSMOS field

https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-new-window-cosmos-field

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183079

#HackerNews #RubinObservatory #LSST #Camera #COSMOS #galaxies #astronomy

Poor #RubinObservatory ... many months late with the start of its big LSST sky survey, image quality not (yet) as good as it should be - and now the facility in #Chile has been hit by a major #SnowStorm and it slowly recovering: https://bsky.app/profile/vrubinobs.bsky.social/post/3mrvjddpuiq2g (thread) = https://www.facebook.com/VRubinObs/posts/pfbid02meCTn2BSmr65pJXWXqgNzz9KwXYYsKqoAwZ3ZthDpNmPBUYMCew4xZTce99koyFJl

Objects larger than 140 meters 📏 are closely tracked as they could cause significant regional damage if they impact 💥, yet scientists estimate that only about 40% 📊 of these mid-sized #NEOs have been identified so far. Among the newly identified objects are 33 previously unknown #NEOs, the largest is about 500 meters wide. #Rubin is expected to reveal an additional 90,000 new NEOs, some of which may be potentially hazardous https://rubinobservatory.org/news/11000-new-asteroids

#RubinObservatory #AsteroidThreat

University of Washington: Rubin Observatory begins landmark 10-year timelapse of night sky. “From a mountaintop in Chile, under clear dark skies, the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). The 10-year survey will create the most comprehensive, cinematic record of the universe in history. Over the next […]

A more technical update about the start of the #LSST with the #RubinObservatory in spite of non-perfect performance: https://community.lsst.org/t/the-lsst-has-started/12201 -> "a brief summary of what has prompted us to draw the early operations optimization phase to a close and get the survey started. [...] Pre-LSST observations show that the as-built Simonyi Telescope can already deliver an arcsecond sky survey, and there is a technical pathway to make the ~10% improvement in delivered image quality needed to approximately match the baseline survey simulation and deliver a sub-arcsecond LSST, as required. [...] The Board also noted that the time was right: all eight LSST Science Collaborations sent written support for starting the LSST while continuing to improve performance in parallel."

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
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/30/rubin-observatory-starts-filming-10-year-cosmic-movie/
#GeekWire #Astronomy #RubinObservatory #Space

After decades of preparation, the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time has begun at last. Over the coming decade, the #LSST is expected to discover millions of asteroids, shed light on dark matter and dark energy, and widen our view of the cosmos. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-observatory-lsst-cosmic-movie/ #RubinObservatory #Space #Astronomy

NOIRLab image of the week

Following the Stars with Rubin

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2619a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #stars #startrails #SouthPole #Octans

NOIRLab image of the week

Milky Way Glows Over Rubin

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2616a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #MilkyWay #airglow

Gut 11.000 neue Asteroiden auf einen Streich. Rubin-Observatorium identifiziert Rekordmenge zuvor unerkannter Asteroiden. #Asteroiden #Sonnensystem #RubinObservatory
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/gut-11-000-neue-asteroiden-auf-einen-streich/

#mwgic #NASA #Space #RubinObservatory #Asteroids

https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/the-powerful-new-rubin-observatory-just-found-11-000-new-asteroids-and-measured-tens-of-thousands-more

Rubin Observatory team discovers 11,000 new asteroids
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s science team has discovered more than 11,000 new asteroids — a feat made possible by the Simonyi Survey Telescope’s advanced capabilities and data-crunching software developed at the University of Washington.

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https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/03/rubin-observatory-team-discovers-11000-new-asteroids/
#GeekWire #Asteroids #Astronomy #BigData #DIRACInstitute #RubinObservatory #Space #UniversityOfWashington

The observing power of the #RubinObservatory joins forces with the computing power of algorithms developed at the University of Washington to produce a deluge of #asteroid discoveries. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-observatory-11000-new-asteroids/ H/T @VRubinObs #Space

NOIRLab image of the week

Rubin’s Eyes Wide Open

Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2613a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #MilkyWay

Spot the Viscacha

Somewhere in this image of NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a viscacha - a rabbit-like rodent related to chinchillas. The furry creature is well-camouflaged for the foothills of the Chilean Andes surrounding Rubin.

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/I. Sullivan

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/XS205018-CC/

#Viscacha #RubinObservatory #Chile #Andes #ChileanAndes #Astronomy #Astrodon #science #photography #Chinchilla #rabbit

South African telescopes are responding to Rubin Observatory alerts. SALT and Lesedi are helping classify a rare stellar system and boosting astro-tourism in Sutherland. 🇿🇦 #Astronomy #RubinObservatory
https://newz.africa/2026/03/11/south-africa-rubin-observatory-alerts/?fsp_sid=2220

Rubin Observatory’s LSST camera fired off 800,000 alerts on its first night, delivering fresh transient detections to astronomers in minutes. The rapid data pipeline turns raw telescope imaging into a live sky survey of celestial events. Dive into how this open‑source‑driven effort is reshaping astronomy! #RubinObservatory #LSSTcamera #AstronomicalAlerts #TransientDetection

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/rubin-observatory-sends-800000-alerts-first-night-reaching

Rubin Observatory spustil alertový systém
📡 Historický milník: Observatoř Vera C. Rubin v Chile spustila 24. 2. real-time alertový systém. První noc — 800 000 alertů: supernovy, proměnné hvězdy, aktivní jádra galaxií, asteroidy.
Cíl: až 7 milionů alertů/noc. Změny hlášeny do 2 minut od snímku. Největší digitální kamera (3 200 Mpx) začíná plnit účel. Letos startuje desetiletý průzkum LSST.
https://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-doe-vera-c-rubin-observatory-launches-real-time
#RubinObservatory #LSST #Astronomy #Astronomie #Supernova #OpenScience #DataScience

#LSST performs very well for large impactors ☄️, discovering about 79.7% of objects larger than 140 m before impact. Only 50.3% of 50–140 m impactors, 26.8% of 20–50 m impactors, and 10.5% of 10–20 m impactors are discovered 🔭 at all. About 60% of large impactors fail to reach a one-year warning threshold. Upper mid-size objects are usually discovered only a few months before impact 💥 https://www.newplanetarium.com/journal/2026-01-29

#RubinObservatory #AsteroidThreat

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ieeespectrum/116133397757053955

#RubinObservatory issued 800,000 alerts the night of 24 February. These alerts called scientists’ attention to new #asteroids ☄️, exploding stars, and other changes in the night sky https://rubinobservatory.org/news/first-alerts

#Astronomy

"Rubin Observatory sends out thousands of data alerts" by GeekWire / @alanboyle - The first night of astronomical alerts from the high-resolution sky survey of #RubinObservatory #LSST was a batch of 800,000 possible new object detections. This is apparently the new normal. Astronomers have a flood of new data to process every day. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-observatory-data-alert/ #space #astronomy #tech

On its first night of operation, an astronomical alert system developed at the University of Washington sent out 800,000 notifications about changes in the night sky detected by the #RubinObservatory. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-observatory-data-alert/ #Space #Astronomy

Rubin Observatory revs up its astronomical alert system
An astronomical alert system developed at the University of Washington started off with a bang this week, sending out 800,000 notifications about moving asteroids, exploding stars and other celestial changes detected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/25/rubin-observatory-revs-up-its-astronomical-alert-system/
#GeekWire #Astronomy #BigData #DIRACInstitute #RubinObservatory #UniversityOfWashington

This asteroid is spinning fast enough to set a record
Astronomers say they’ve found an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size.

The asteroid, known as 2025 MN45, is nearly half a mile (710 meters) in diameter and makes a full rotation every 1.88 minutes, based on an analysis of data from the Vera C. Rub
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/07/this-asteroid-is-spinning-fast-enough-to-set-a-record/
#GeekWire #AAS #Asteroids #RubinObservatory #Space #UniversityOfWashington

Researchers say the #RubinObservatory has detected an #asteroid that's nearly a half-mile wide and makes a full revolution in less than two minutes. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-observatory-asteroid-spins-fast-record/ #AAS #Space