As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark ...

Building Rubin Observatory in Chile spanned three decades and as many continents. Important support came from right here in ...

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The first mind-bending images taken by the observatory were released today in the tradition of “first light,” a new ...

The camera, now bolted to the end of a giant telescope at the Rubin Observatory, is expected to shoot photos of 20 billion ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal ...

The first videos released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveal thousands of drifting asteroids, hundreds of thousands of ...

A massive heat dome fueling the first major heat wave of the summer brought record-breaking temperatures to cities across the Northeast on Monday, and the life-threatening conditions will continue on ...

A stunning nebula and a sky dotted full of stars and dancing galaxies are in a set of three images released by the Vera C.

Rochester hosted a global watch party for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s first images, revealing galaxies, nebulas, and ...

Sweeping views of nebulae and dancing galaxies prove the telescope’s enormous field of view and ultra-high-res capabilities.