Quanta Magazine May 15, 2026 • 13:55

Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Failed Supernovas, and Interstellar Visitors - Quanta Magazine

Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Failed Supernovas, and Interstellar Visitors - Quanta Magazine

Astronomers are preparing for a new era of big-data astronomy, and results are already starting to arrive.

Once the full survey begins this summer, Rubin is expected to produce 7 million alerts and 20 terabytes of data a night.
For just one example of how this firehose of data is expected to transform ou… [+4697 chars]

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