First light on a next-gen astronomical survey toward a new understanding of the cosmos

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey's fifth generation collected its very first observations of the cosmos at 1:47 a.m. on October 24, 2020. This groundbreaking all-sky survey will bolster our understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxies--including our own Milky Way--and the supermassive black holes that lurk at their centers.