Regina Barber

Yep, everyone was dancing it. And the president was Bill Clinton. Yeah, I was in high school. I was watching a lot of Simpsons. I was playing the saxophone like Lisa and former President Clinton. Indeed.

Wow. OK, so, I mean, that's right. Like Moore's law, the computer chips were getting like more and more powerful.

Wow. OK, so, I mean, that's right. Like Moore's law, the computer chips were getting like more and more powerful.

Wow. OK, so, I mean, that's right. Like Moore's law, the computer chips were getting like more and more powerful.

Yeah, I did not know it. But how did this observatory come to be named after like Vera Rubin, the astronomer that's like famous for work on dark matter?

Yeah, I did not know it. But how did this observatory come to be named after like Vera Rubin, the astronomer that's like famous for work on dark matter?

Yeah, I did not know it. But how did this observatory come to be named after like Vera Rubin, the astronomer that's like famous for work on dark matter?

Wow, and that's because of this big camera, that car-sized one. Yeah. And I'm assuming these images are really big.

Wow, and that's because of this big camera, that car-sized one. Yeah. And I'm assuming these images are really big.

Wow, and that's because of this big camera, that car-sized one. Yeah. And I'm assuming these images are really big.

I mean, Nell, this is just like a mind bending amount of observations. And you said it's all like being immediately analyzed. And I'm assuming this is like all automatic, too.

I mean, Nell, this is just like a mind bending amount of observations. And you said it's all like being immediately analyzed. And I'm assuming this is like all automatic, too.

I mean, Nell, this is just like a mind bending amount of observations. And you said it's all like being immediately analyzed. And I'm assuming this is like all automatic, too.

Ooh, planets. Okay, now we're getting into this nitty gritty. Planets move across the sky. That's the kind of change this observatory was built to see. Lay it on me. Is the Vera Rubin Observatory going to find Planet 9?

Ooh, planets. Okay, now we're getting into this nitty gritty. Planets move across the sky. That's the kind of change this observatory was built to see. Lay it on me. Is the Vera Rubin Observatory going to find Planet 9?

Ooh, planets. Okay, now we're getting into this nitty gritty. Planets move across the sky. That's the kind of change this observatory was built to see. Lay it on me. Is the Vera Rubin Observatory going to find Planet 9?

So there's like not enough data so they can like pinpoint exactly where to look.

So there's like not enough data so they can like pinpoint exactly where to look.

So there's like not enough data so they can like pinpoint exactly where to look.

Oh, yes.