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ALT A close-up view of billowing cosmic gas clouds in soft peach-pink and powdery sky-blue. Near the upper center, warm pink gas meets cool blue mist, sliced by a jagged, snaking column of dark dust like a tear in the cloud. The lower half settles into textured, dusky blue and charcoal dust. Several bright, ice-blue stars surrounded by soft halos and a dusting of fine pinpoint stars sparkle across the velvety, glowing mist.
ALT This image shows the orbital pathway of newly discovered dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138 (ED138), as observed by NSFâDOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. This image is a composite of multiple images captured by Rubin between 4 March and 11 July 2026 at intervals indicated by the teal circles. ED138 is visible at the center of each circle. ED138 was found by Rubin Operations team member and in-Kind contributor Matthew Holman (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian), who contributes to improving Rubin's algorithms that search for distant moving objects in our Solar System. Its distance from the Sun places it beyond the orbit of Pluto, and initial analysis indicates that it may be among the largest and brightest bodies scientists have discovered in this region of the Solar System. Credit: NSFâDOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA Image Processing: M. JuriÄ (UW), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
ALT Dense view of space with millions of glittering stars of varying color. A teal curved line shows a distant Solar System object's observed path across the sky, labeled with dates (3 Mar, 1 Apr, 1 May, 1 Jun, 1 Jul).
ALT A scale diagram comparing on-sky image sizes. On the left, a large rectangular image labeled "LSSTCam" captures a wide tan starfield containing both the pink Lagoon and Trifid nebulae. In the lower right, a small square labeled "LSSTComCam" shows the pink and blue clouds of the Seagull Nebula, which is about 1/5th as wide and 1/4th as tall as the Trifid and Lagoon image. Beside the image of the Seagull Nebula sits a scale representation of the full Moon, about 1/4th the size of the Seagull Nebula image.
ALT Deep-space view packed with colorful distant galaxies, centered on a bright, distorted spiral galaxy pair in collision.
ALT Wide star field packed with stars and distant galaxies, crossed by faint dusty bands; a tiny object near the top is boxed in white.
ALT Wide starfield with pink and blue nebulae, including the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, with three white numbered boxes marking regions.
ALT Colorful nebula in a dense star field, with a glowing pink core, blue gas clouds, and dark dust lanes branching outward.
ALT Pink and white glowing nebula filled with stars, with wispy gas clouds and dark dust lanes swirling across space.
ALT Pink and blue nebula clouds fill a star-dense sky, threaded with dark dust lanes and scattered bright stars.
ALT A stunning night sky showcasing the vibrant, colorful Milky Way galaxy arching above a boot-shaped observatory on a hill, with countless stars and cosmic dust visible in the clear atmosphere.
ALT Vast star field with numerous bright stars and distant galaxies of various shapes, sizes, and colors. On the left, a ghostly haze of galactic cirrus drifts like cotton candy.
ALT A wide, panoramic view of a dense field of countless tiny, pinpoint stars filling the entire frame like fine dust. Wispy, faint, grayish-brown clouds of galactic cirrus drift across the scene, creating a patchy texture over the dark background. Several brighter stars stand out across the field, most notably a large blue star on the upper right surrounded by a glowing halo, along with a few other scattered blue and orange stars. A white rectangle at upper center highlights a specific area.
ALT Observatory perched atop a rocky mountain with layered hills fading into the distance under a golden sunset sky.
ALT Sunset casting warm orange light over high desert mountains with an observatory perched on a ridge at left.
ALT Rubin Observatory perched atop its mountain summit site on Cerro PachĂłn. The observatory is boot-shaped at lower left with long white service building extending left and silver dome sticking up. The dome's vertical slit is open, revealing the telescope in the blackness within. The night sky is peppered with the pinpricks of stars. The Little Beehive Cluster of stars is a denser collection of pinpricks to the upper right of the observatory.
ALT Illustration showing smooth ocean air flowing over a mountain, with turbulence forming on the mountain's opposite side. Two insets show the impact of turbulence on an image of a star: without turbulence the star is sharp, while with turbulence it's blurred. Text reads "A site chosen for steady air. Smooth, stable air flows in from the ocean..then gets disrupted by mountains, creating turbulence."
ALT Large observatory with open dome on rocky terrain under a pink and purple twilight sky.
ALT A large boot-shaped observatory on the left and small cylindrical dome on the right, both perched on rocky hills under a vibrant pink and purple sunset sky.
ALT Boot-shaped observatory building against a gradient sky transitioning from orange up to deep purple.
ALT White astronomical observatory dome with closed shutter against a pink and blue twilight sky with pink sunset clouds.