The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located in Chile, plans to begin operating some instruments by the end of 2024 and conduct a ten-year survey of the entire southern hemisphere sky. With the help of an 8.4-meter telescope at the observatory and a giant 3200 megapixel camera, scientists hope to discover more new transient phenomena and near Earth asteroids.
Another Simons Observatory located in Chile is scheduled to be completed in mid-2024 and will support further research on the search for primordial gravitational waves in the universe. It is reported that the telescope will be equipped with up to 50000 light harvesting detectors, which is ten times more than similar projects currently underway. Astronomers have stated that the challenge facing this study is the increasing number of satellites taking off in recent years, which can cause certain light pollution to the night sky and thus hinder the observation visual conditions.