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

June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian that is considered by many to be the birthplace of modern astronomy. To celebrate, we're ...

Citation: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will help astronomers investigate dark matter, continuing the legacy of its namesake (2025, June 24) ...

“What we’ve been trying to do is find a baby version of our Solar System somewhere else,” Merel van ’t Hoff, an astronomer at ...

Blockbuster New Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Change Astronomy Forever The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

Vera C. Rubin, the astronomer for whom the new observatory is named, circa 1985. In the 1970s, she and a colleague uncovered strong evidence for the existence of dark matter.

June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian that is considered by many to be the birthplace of modern astronomy.

J une 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian and considered by many to be the birthplace of modern astronomy. To celebrate, we ...