Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time finding it.

The Vera Rubin Observatory sits atop the mountain Cerro Pachón in northern Chile.

In 2019, a congressional bill was introduced to rename the former Large Synoptic Survey Telescope to the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. In June 2025, the U.S. Mint released a quarter featuring Vera Rubin.

Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as an interstellar ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory has released a video of the comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the world's largest digital camera.

Scientists at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, including some from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, broke ...

A comet, now known as 3I/ATLAS, with 3I short for "third interstellar," sparked immediate excitement on July 1 when it was ...

Chile's Vera Rubin observatory is named for the astronomer who changed the way we think about how galaxies move.

The Rubin Observatory released its first magnificent images of the cosmos on Monday (June 23) — and included a special asteroid bonus.

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile recently captured rare footage of the visitor known as 3I/ATLAS — only the third interstellar object discovered. What’s more impressive: The observatory ...

The US-funded Vera Rubin Observatory in the dry mountains of Chile includes the largest digital camera ever made, and ...

In 2019, a congressional bill was introduced to rename the former Large Synoptic Survey Telescope to the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. In June 2025, the U.S. Mint released a quarter featuring Vera Rubin.