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This image captures not only Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a program of NSF’s NOIRLab, but one of the celestial specimens Rubin Observatory will observe when it comes online: the Milky Way. (Photo credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Quint)

NSF, DOE’s Rubin Observatory will create a massive data trove. A cloud-based platform and nightly alerts will deliver it to researchers.

Rubin’s completion converged with technological advancements that are poised to spread the data it produces far and wide to researchers.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright testifies at a House subcommittee hearing on the department’s budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Energy secretary signals reversal of some cuts to national labs

The White House budget proposal calls for $2.75 billion in cuts to the national laboratories, but Chris Wright told senators he’s “very open” to expanding the budget…
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President Joe Biden discusses AI and other topics during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 2, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden issues last-minute order to advance AI infrastructure in US

The executive order focuses on collaboration with industry, advancing economic competitiveness, and building next-generation data centers to support AI.
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