While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in orbit, the first images by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory revealed 2,000 ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released its first images, captured using the world’s largest digital camera, kicking off a 10-year mission to explore the changing universe in stunning detail.

UW was among the founding members of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, whose discoveries are expected to revolutionize ...

Astronomers celebrated the release of the first images from the Rubin Observatory — and registered hundreds of its first ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is operational and will soon embark on its primary mission: to take a detailed image ...

NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory will capture more information about our universe than all optical telescopes throughout history ...

This is just 0.5 percent of all the galaxies that the Rubin Observatory will collect during its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). By the end, it will have observed 20 billion galaxies – about ...

People must work together to find solutions to today's conflicts, Pope Leo XIV said.Renewing an appeal for peace, he ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...