Rubin Observatory Has Started Paging Astronomers 800,000 Times a Night

Rubin Observatory Has Started Paging Astronomers 800,000 Times a Night

On February 24th, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory activated its automated alert system, sending out roughly 800,000 real-time notifications flagging asteroids, supernovae, flaring black holes and "other transient celestial events," reports Scientific American. …

The astronomical observatory equipped with world's largest camera hit a key milestone on February 24, when a complex data-processing system pushed hundreds of thousands of alerts out to scientists ea… [+2022 chars]
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