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Photometric Redshift (Rubin / LSST)

a technique for estimating an astronomical object's distance from how far its light has stretched toward red. Rubin will use it to map roughly four billion galaxies, probing dark energy and dark matter at scale.

— defined in 161th Edition, May 17, 2026
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Defined 161th EditionW21 · May 17, 2026