Vera C. Rubin, the astronomer for whom the new observatory is named, circa 1985. In the 1970s, she and a colleague uncovered strong evidence for the existence of dark matter.

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The first spectacular images the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has captured are expected to be released during a public event beginning at 11 a.m. ET Monday, June 23, 2025.

Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NSF/DOE. Two of the first images show snippets of the Virgo Cluster, a group of galaxies some 55 million light-years away.

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

Named after pioneering American astronomer Vera C. Rubin—whose research provided the first conclusive evidence for dark matter—the observatory continues her legacy by making dark matter a ...

Vera Cooper grew up gazing at the night sky from the window of a D.C. townhouse in the 1930s, when her teachers told the aspiring astronomer to avoid science.

Perched atop Cerro Pachón in Chile, the newly-commissioned Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released some highly exciting first images that offer a stunning preview of its unprecedented capabilities.

The anticipation is over. After over 20 years of hard work, the first images from NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (Rubin) are finally here. With a 10-hour period of observation, the telescope ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory released a sneak peak of some of the images it is unveiling, the first set of space images from the Chile-based facility.

Armed with the world's largest digital camera, this observatory's first light is bound to be one for the textbooks. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's images were released on June 23. You can read ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile has released the first images of scenes within our Milky Way as well as of remote galaxies, showing distant objects with unprecedented clarity.. The US-funded ...