In a preview of observations that will be made routinely by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, astronomers found evidence ...

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.

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

Detailed photos from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed that the recently discovered interstellar ...

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile recently captured rare footage of the visitor known as 3I/ATLAS — only the ...

Harvard's Avi Loeb suggests comet 3I/ATLAS could be alien tech, but most scientists say it's a natural interstellar object with no threat to Earth.

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

The observatory’s mirror design, sensitive camera and telescope speed are all the first of its kind, enabling Rubin to spot tiny, faint objects such as asteroids. The observatory will also ...

The observatory has the potential to discover 5 million new asteroids in just two years. Over the next 10 years, Rubin will take pictures of about 20 billion galaxies.