Rubin Observatory Has Started Paging Astronomers 800,000 Times a Night

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By BeauHDFeb 28, 2026, 5:00 am121 ptsTrending
On February 24th, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory activated its automated alert system, sending out roughly 800,000 real-time notifications flagging asteroids, supernovae, flaring black holes and "other transient celestial events," reports Scientific American. And this is only the beginning -- that number is…

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