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For some of the best views of the harbor, head to the historic Portland Observatory, the country's last standing maritime signal tower. Built in 1807, the octagonal, 86-foot-tall tower was ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world's largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of the cosmos, allowing astronomers to figure out how ...

The Rubin Observatory released its first batch of images on June 23, 2025 as it had scanned the night skies only a few days prior, finding over 2,000 asteroids in the process.

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On this week’s episode of Peak Northwest, we talk to Paul Poncy, observatory manager at the Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory in central Oregon, which is one of the state’s best places to ...

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This will allow the observatory to construct a better 3D map that includes distances between galaxies in all directions, as well as measure the collective glow from every galaxy that’s ever existed.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun generating test images of the night sky, but the big reveal is expected later this year.