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

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system. But with the Rubin Observatory now scanning ...

In 2019, a congressional bill was introduced to rename the former Large Synoptic Survey Telescope to the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. In June 2025, the U.S. Mint released a quarter featuring Vera Rubin.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will help astronomers investigate dark matter, continuing the legacy of its pioneering namesake By Samantha Thompson , Smithsonian Institution June 24, 2025 ...

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

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

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Samantha Thompson, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) Everything in space ...

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 ...

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

A comet, now known as 3I/ATLAS, with 3I short for "third interstellar," sparked immediate excitement on July 1 when it was ...