# The Telescope That Found 11,000 Asteroids — and the Blind Spot It Just Exposed

- slug: the-telescope-that-found-11000-asteroids-and-the-blind-spot-it-just-exposed
- date: 2026-04-19
- category: Space & Aerospace

A 500-meter asteroid just showed up in Rubin Observatory data, and nobody was tracking it. That gap is the story, not the count.

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