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The Vera Rubin Observatory sits atop the mountain Cerro Pachón in northern Chile.
The university’s critical contribution allows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to fulfill its mission as a high-tech research tool that is revolutionizing how we explore worlds beyond our own.
Detailed photos from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed that the recently discovered interstellar ...
Sometimes serendipity happens in science. Whether it's an apple falling from a tree or a melting chocolate bar, some of the ...
The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system. But with the Rubin Observatory now scanning ...
Chile's Vera Rubin observatory is named for the astronomer who changed the way we think about how galaxies move.
Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...
The US-funded Vera Rubin Observatory in the dry mountains of Chile includes the largest digital camera ever made, and ...
Enter Vera Rubin In 1965, Vera Rubin became the first women hired onto the scientific staff at the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism in Washington, D.C.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Vera Rubin, a pioneering astronomer who helped find powerful evidence of dark matter, has died, her son said Monday.
The Vera Rubin Observatory launched and produced its first images on June 23, 2025. The Chilean-based observatory will be fully operational later this summer and will provide extremely high resolution ...