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

The university’s critical contribution allows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to fulfill its mission as a high-tech research tool that is revolutionizing how we explore worlds beyond our own.

Some observatories that used to be dark and remote are now adjacent to bright urban centers. And sending all telescopes into ...

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

Many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these outdoor lighting from roads, buildings and elsewhere could ...

As astronomers rush to study a newly discovered comet from beyond our solar system, a powerful new observatory may turn rare ...

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

The Vera Rubin Observatory is designed to study dark matter, which makes up 85% of our universe but is still unknown to ...

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the ...

In just its first ten hours of activity, a single new observatory discovered 2,104 asteroids, or 10% of the entire ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are ...