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NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Credit: Graphic by U.S. National Science Foundation/Image: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/H. Stockebrand
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory comes to life

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milky way galaxy
The Milky Way Galaxy is seen over the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array west of Socorro, New Mexico.

Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Jeff Hellerman (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported -- CC BY 3.0).
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Image of two black holes merging. Gravitational waves can be seen between the two.
The merging of a pair of binary black holes produced gravitational waves equal to the energy of eight suns, the most massive black hole merger yet observed in gravitational waves.

Credit: Mark Myers, ARC Centre of Excellence for GravitationalWave Discovery (OzGrav)/Swinburne University
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Telescope in field
NSF virtual_background Green Bank Telescope in summer

Credit: Credit: NSF/GBO 20; photo by Jill Malusky (available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic)
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Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on the summit of Haleakalā on Maui, Hawaii.

Credit: NSO/AURA/NSF
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Event Horizon Telescope - Our own black hole
Event Horizon Telescope - Our own black hole

Credit: C. Padilla, NRAO/AUI/National Science Foundation
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NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024 within a mountainscape
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024

Credit: O. Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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