This image was a recent NOIRLab #ImageoftheWeek: noirlab.edu/public/image...

📷: NSF–DOE RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

Thanks to Rubin's sensitive and detailed images using color filters that span the near-infrared to near-ultraviolet, scientists will get a clear look at which galaxies are young and actively forming stars, allowing them to trace how galaxies evolve over billions of years🌀

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Why blue? These galaxies are full of hot, young stars. Like the flame of a blowtorch, blue light dominates in these because the young stars burn hotter and brighter than cooler, redder stars.🔭🧪

With its 3,200-megapixel camera, Rubin will capture billions of galaxies, stars, and transients.

Over the next 10 years, LSST will map the Universe in unprecedented detail, helping scientists unlock mysteries from dark matter to near-Earth asteroids. We're in the final stretch!🔭🧪

These software systems process the alerts, add additional info, and let users filter alerts to match their interests — the cosmic version of following hashtags or channels. ✨🔭🧪

Learn more about alerts: rubinobservatory.org/explore/how-...

Instead of keeping it to themselves, your friend posts a notification: “Something changed here!” That’s the alert.🎉

But space is busy, so Rubin generates millions of alerts every night! 😲 That’s where Rubin’s “alert brokers” come in.🔭🧪

During its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Rubin is expected to capture about 10 million supernovae 💥

The Universe is about to get a lot more exciting 😎

This photo was this week's NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek
📷: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek

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