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Scientists whose papers are cited by a Heritage Foundation report on women in sports say the conservative think tank, which has influenced several high-profile Trump administration policies, misrepresents their research and neglects the science.

This summer, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory launched its 10-year astronomical survey to create the most comprehensive, cinematic record of the universe. Equipped with the largest digital camera ever built, this observatory, located in northern Chile, can capture in a single image an area 45 times the size of the moon. By tracking the night sky over 10 years, researchers hope to map the solar system and Milky Way galaxy in unprecedented detail, learn more about the nature of dark matter and dark energy, and advance science in ways we can’t even predict.

While thousands of people played a part in making the Rubin Observatory a reality, Tony Tyson played a formative role, acting initially as the facility’s founding director and now its chief scientist.