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Vera Rubin

after work began on the top of the Cerro Pachón ridge in Chile, the final touches are now being placed onto four days for at least 10 years. These frequent, high-quality maps will be vital for tracking down supernovae, asteroids and all other manner of transient objects and events. In addition, this decade of data will create a map deep enough to uncover up to 20 billion new galaxies and a similar number of stars, creating a more complete catalogue of the heavens than ever before.

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