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.

How the pioneering scientist, and namesake of an enormous new telescope, forced astronomers to rethink the universe.

The Vera Rubin Observatory launched and produced its first images on June 23, 2025. The Chilean-based observatory will be ...

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 ...

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

The decade-long wait for U.K. astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals dazzling first images.

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, unveiled vibrant images Monday of colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies. The largest digital camera ever built has released its ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The largest digital camera ever built released its first shots of the universe Monday — including colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies.. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The largest digital camera ever built released its first shots of the universe Monday — including colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies.. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located ...