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Prospects for Astrobiology and Technosignature Searches with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time
arXiv:2606.00574v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will map sources in multiband colour--variability space. We present a prototype coherence-based framework for astrobiology and technosignature searches, in which candidates are treated as structured departures from natural astrophysical manifolds rather than isolated photometric outliers. We illustrate the framework with three simulated cases: five Kuiper Belt Object (KBO)...
Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids and Failed Supernovas
Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Failed Supernovas, and Interstellar Visitors Introduction Over the years, anticipation has built for the start of observations at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in the mountains of the Atacama Desert in Chile. Originally imagined in the mid-1990s as the Dark Matter Telescope, Rubin is designed to study our constantly moving and changing universe in greater detail than ever before. Once every few days for a decade, Rubin will take images of the entire...
Probabilistic Data-Driven Modelling of Astrophysical Transients: The Neural Process Family for Ultrafast and Class-Agnostic Light Curve Reconstruction with NightLANP
Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Astrophysical observations from Earth are subject to weather, environmental, and scientific constraints that lead to sparse, irregular light curves. On the eve of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time, its dataset offers unprecedented opportunities for transient science. Yet a key challenge remains its cadence, sparse and irregular across six bands, limiting inference.
Astronomers gaze into the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' and see a vision of our dying sun — Space photo of the week
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Kaleidoscopic meteorite could be a piece of a 'lost world' from the early solar system — Space photo of the week
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Hidden supermassive black hole pairs may finally have a visible signal
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A cosmic case of mistaken identity that can only be solved right now
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How should we handle alien detection in a world of AI, deepfakes and social media? This committee is writing the rulebook
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Upcoming telescopes could shed light on dark matter
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