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The glow of the Milky Way reflects off of Rubin Observatory’s silver dome in this photo from May 2025. Credit: Quint This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

This offers us a glimpse of the discovery surge scientists expect to occur once full operations begin.

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory team reveal the first images from a brand new, ultra-powerful survey telescope on a livestream to astrophysicists at Duke University on Monday, June 23, 2025. The ...

AI algorithms can sharpen naturally blurry images taken by ground-based telescopes, revealing details otherwise visible only to space-borne machines like JWST.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to unveil its first imagery at a livestreamed event today, showcasing cosmic phenomena on an unprecedented scale. This marks the ...

Scientists are rethinking Type 1a supernovas, hunting for "unknown unknowns" that could lead us to solving the puzzle of dark ...

Last week the Rubin Observatory released the first data from a newly commissioned telescope. Astronomers, engineers and computer scientists have been planning this project for about 20 years. It is ...

Professional astronomers don’t make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope. Instead, they collect digital images in massive cameras attached to large ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has captured its first images of the night sky and promises to provide a "firehose" of data to researchers over the coming decade. Credit: RubinObs / NOIRLab / SLAC / NSF ...