The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has launched its initial images as it prepares for a revolutionary mission: capturing a time-lapse video of the night sky over the next ten years. This innovative observatory will collect extensive data on approximately 40 billion celestial objects, providing unprecedented insights into dynamic cosmic events. Researchers emphasize the high resolution of the images and the significance of continuous monitoring, as they expect to identify millions of changing objects each night, far more data than previously available to astronomers, revolutionizing our understanding of the universe.
As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. But a snapshot doesn't tell the whole story. And what astronomy has given us mostly so far are just snapshots.
These images are fantastic. They're incredibly high resolution. But they're just a tiny, tiny fraction of what's been captured.
Since we take images of the night sky so quickly and so often, we'll detect millions of changing objects literally every night.
This survey will compile observations on about 40 billion stars, galaxies and other celestial objects.
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