Breathtaking first images from ‘ultimate’ telescope reveal new galaxies

The newly opened Vera C Rubin Observatory is on a mission to unlock the Universe's greatest secrets

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In a remote mountain range in Chile, a newly unveiled observatory will soon begin mapping the sky.

When its survey starts, the Vera C Rubin Observatory will spend every night for the next decade charting the cosmos. And it'll do so at speed – covering the full southern hemisphere sky every few nights by photographing a different part of the heavens with each shot.