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Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Alert System, 800K Notifications Issued

2/26/2026

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), launched its alert system.
It issued 800,000 notifications on February 24 about events such as new asteroids and supernovae.
The system is expected to generate up to 7 million alerts nightly as part of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) over ten years.

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), launched its alert system.
It issued 800,000 notifications on February 24 about events such as new asteroids and supernovae.
The system is expected to generate up to 7 million alerts nightly as part of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) over ten years.