Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is an 18-story facility that will repeatedly scan the sky for 10 ...

Vera Cooper grew up gazing at the night sky from the window of a D.C. townhouse in the 1930s, when her teachers told the aspiring astronomer to avoid science.

Additional campus ties include Vera Rubin’s early collaboration with renowned UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist Sandra Faber, and Professor Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz holding the Vera Rubin Presidential Chair in ...

The largest digital camera ever built has released its first glamour shots of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, unveiled vibrant images Monday of colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies.

The largest digital camera ever built has released its first shots of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, unveiled vibrant images Monday of ...

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy, the observatory will survey the southern sky for the next 10 years.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, was built to take a deeper look at the night sky, covering hidden corners.

NEW YORK — The largest digital camera ever built released its first glamour shots of the universe Monday — including colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies. The observatory's first look features ...