Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...

New Vera C. Rubin Observatory will allow unprecedented exploration of the cosmos, data and image collection without need to ...

The freshly minted telescope discovered 2,000 previously unknown asteroids in just 10 hours. Weirdly, NASA doesn’t seem to ...

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the Vera C. Rubin ...

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...

Astronomers celebrate the University of Washington's role in building the Rubin Observatory and look forward to its future ...

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and ...

Rubin Observatory begins 10-year sky survey to uncover dark matter, track asteroids, and build a detailed view of our ...

Stargazers can see the universe like never before when the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils its first images from the ...

Featuring never-before-seen views of galaxies and more than 2,100 newly discovered asteroids, the observations are only a ...

The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and they’re stunning—vast, ...

While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in ...