NSF NOIRLab Releases 2025 Year in Review

NOIRLab·Jun 18

✦ NabkaNews BriefAuto-summarized from multiple outlets · verify with the source

The NSF NOIRLab has released its 2025 year in review, highlighting various achievements in space and astronomy. The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has made notable discoveries, including spotting a record-breaking asteroid and detecting around 11,000 new asteroids, some of which pass close to Earth. The observatory has also captured images of comet 3I/ATLAS, which is losing a significant amount of dust.

Full coverage

Action! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins capturing the greatest cosmic movie ever made

Fermilab (.gov)·Jun 30

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Spots Record-Breaking Asteroid in Pre-Survey Observations

Rubin Observatory·Jan 7

11,000 new asteroids discovered by a brand new observatory, including some that skim close to Earth

BBC Sky at Night Magazine·May 27

Dark energy survey scientists release analysis of all six years of survey data

Phys.org·Jan 22

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Recently Spotted Around 11,000 Asteroids — and This Is Just Beginning

Discover Magazine·Apr 7

Fetching the latest headlines…