The telescope has been named after Dr Vera C Rubin, honouring her legacy in exploring the universe.

A powerful new telescope will usher in a new era of cosmic discovery, but in a political climate vastly different from when it was named for a once overlooked female astronomer.

The 18-story silhouette of the nearly completed Vera C. Rubin Observatory loomed above as I looked over a field of construction remnants a few weeks back. Beside me were two-ton custom jigs and ...

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

Vera C. Rubin’s research into stars in galaxies led to the modern understanding of dark matter.

Rubin’s first glimpse of the firmament is predictably bursting with galaxies and stars. But the resolution, breadth, and depth of the images have taken astronomers aback.

The Vera Rubin Observatory uses the world's largest digital camera to capture incredibly detailed images of space. It will create a 10-year, time-lapse movie of the southern sky, showing how the ...

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.

Carrie Coon says costar Morgan Spector's 7-year-old daughter does a better impersonation of her Gilded Age character, Bertha Russell Spector recalls having her child visit the HBO set, where she ...

Vera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescope’s First Images Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded observatory on ...

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 ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and millions of glittering galaxies.