The Rubin Observatory under contraction in Chile is being built to conduct a ten year survey of the night sky to provide information on the universe's structure, evolution and objects.

Google announced a three-year agreement Dec. 7 with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (formerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope) under construction in Chile to host data on the Google Cloud Platform.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...