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

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.

The powerful device will scan the sky like never before, capturing vast amounts of data to reveal how the universe changes ...

The observatory is named after pioneering American astronomer Vera C. Rubin, whose research provided the first conclusive ...

Vera Rubin Observatory has an ideal position atop Cerro Pachón in Chile and is predicted to be the most effective observatory.

In just over 10 hours of test observations, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured millions of celestial objects, opening the ...

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

The largest digital camera ever built released its first shots of the universe Monday — including colorful nebulas, stars and ...

Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

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.