On a remote Chilean mountaintop, inside a domed observatory named after astronomer Vera Rubin, a camera unlike any the world ...

At first glance, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s newest image looks like a dense field of stars. Look closer, and the scale becomes almost absurd: the image contains more than half a million galaxies.

One year in, the Vera C Rubin Observatory is already changing astronomy forever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The newly commissioned Vera C. Rubin Observatory has issued 800,000 astronomy alerts in just one night — a staggering number of ...

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer—a feat uniquely enabled by Rubin. The study provides ...

Learn more about how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture more of our stunning universe. In Late June of 2025, the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (Rubin) finally released its first images of ...

An artist’s conception zeroes in on a main-belt asteroid called 2025 MN45, which makes a full rotation in less than two minutes. (Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA / P.

The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) hasn't yet begun its much-anticipated Legacy Survey of Space and Time. But it saw its first light in June 2025, when it captured its Virgo First Look images as part of ...

Using the world’s largest digital camera, Rubin will capture a full view of the southern sky every three days. Reading time 6 minutes The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo ...

This summer, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory launched its 10-year astronomical survey to create the most comprehensive, ...

This 1.7-gigapixel view of the constellation Lupus was captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The image showcases the telescope’s unmatched range, resolving individual stars and faint dust within ...