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The telescope will be roughly the size of the Hubble Space Telescope, but not quite as long (a “stubby Hubble,” some call it). What the astronomy ... It was built to look down at Earth ...

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Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead ... Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin ...

“This detailed look at the resolved stars will help us to piece together the galaxy’s past merger and interaction history,” Williams adds. Hubble, however, has its limits—the space ...

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