New: See space like you've never seen it before
Explore the first spectacular images taken by the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
A swam of new asteroids: In about 10 hours of observations, NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovered 2,104 never-before-seen asteroids in our solar system, including seven near-Earth asteroids (which pose no danger).
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