Shining Light on Scientific Superstar Vera Rubin — Harvard Gazette

Shining light on scientific superstar Vera Rubin — Harvard Gazette

Science & Tech Shining light on scientific superstar The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a new astronomy and astrophysics facility in Cerro Pachón, Chile.Courtesy of Vera C. Rubin Observatory Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer June 20, 2025 5 min read Vera Rubin, whose dark-matter discoveries changed astronomy and physics, gets her due with namesake observatory, commemorative quarter Nearly 80 years a…

How to see the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first images unveiled

The National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory has been under construction atop Cerro Pachón in Chile since 2015. Housing an 8.4-meter telescope coupled with a 3,200-megapixel camera, the now-completed facility will soon undertake the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), a 10-year survey promising unprecedented insight into theContinue reading "‘First light’ images from Vera C. Rubin Observatory comi…

Rubin Observatory throws a party to reveal first pictures

After more than 20 years of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready for its grand opening, and the world is invited. The observatory in the foothills of the Chilean Andes features a monster of a telescope, with an 8.4-meter-wide (28-foot-wide) mirror, coupled with what’s said to be the world’s largest digital camera. It will survey the night sky every night for at least 10 years, producing about 20 trillion bytes of dat…

Ever-changing Universe Revealed in First Imagery From NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory - AURA Astronomy

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