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

Millions of stars and galaxies fill a dreamy cosmic landscape in the first-ever images released from a new astronomical ...

This is just 0.5 percent of all the galaxies that the Rubin Observatory will collect during its Legacy Survey of Space and ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, unveiled vibrant images Monday of colorful nebulas, stars ...

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

In its debut, the telescope turned its eye toward two familiar showstoppers in deep space: the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas in ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first shots of the universe Monday, showcasing colorful nebulas, stars and ...

The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions ...

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

All told, the specks of light captured in the image showcase about 10 million galaxies, or just 0.05% of the roughly 20 billion galaxies Rubin will image in the next decade. Trifid and Lagoon nebulas ...