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

Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as an interstellar ...

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.

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

Scientists at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, including some from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, broke ...

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

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

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

The first dazzling images have been released from the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory, capturing the night sky “like never before.” At such a critical ...

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

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

(Credit: Rubin Observatory) The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope in Chile has now been equipped with all three of its mirrors, plus a camera for good measure.