Rubin Observatory Releases First LSST Camera Data: 500,000 Galaxies in COSMOS Field

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first dataset from the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera, capturing over 500,000 galaxies in the COSMOS field. This marks a major milestone for the decade-long survey aimed at mapping the night sky and studying dark matter and dark energy. The release provides an early look at the observatory's unprecedented depth and wide-field capability.

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