What astronomy’s biggest camera yet will reveal about our universe

From Science Magazine.

Every few nights from its perch in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will take a snapshot of the entire southern sky, enabling astronomers to look for objects – new asteroids, exploding stars – that have changed in the interim. As these images build up over ten years, they will also create a sharp and deep map of the universe that could shed light on mysterious dark matter and dark energy. Staff reporter Daniel Clery made the journey from England to Chile to see what it took to make this massive telescope operational.

0:00 Introduction
1:37 Rubin’s perch in Chile
2:08 A tour of the facility: the control room
3:11 The clean room
3:53 A glimpse under the telescope
4:14 Seeing Rubin in motion
5:18 An innovative mirror system
5:52 Camera sensor
6:25 How Rubin’s data is shared around the world
7:14 Rare astronomical objects Rubin could unveil
8:08 Understanding galaxies better
8:58 Enhancing our understand of dark energy
9:36 Potential obstacles for observation
10:05 When to expect results

Read the story: https://www.science.org/content/article/giant-all-seeing-telescope-set-revolutionize-astronomy