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Eli S. Rykoff
Lead Scientist, Fundamental Physics Directorate
Research Projects
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
DESI is the heart of a ground-based survey that will spend the first half of the next decade pinpointing the locations and spectra of up to 35 million galaxies and 2.4 million quasars across one-third of the night sky.
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time
The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is a 10-year survey of the southern sky that is taking place at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on the El Peñon peak of Cerro Pachón in northern Chile.
Dark Energy Survey
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a large survey of distant galaxies that aims to unravel the mystery of cosmic acceleration.Research Highlights
Ready, Set, Process: Preparing for Rubin Observatory's Data Deluge
August 1, 2025
A look inside the data processing infrastructure built by the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory to handle the Universe’s greatest data challenge.
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