The telescope has the world's largest digital camera, which is the size of a small car, weighs 2,800 kg, and boasts a ...

The observatory’s software will automatically compare new images with older ones and generate an estimated 10 million alerts ...

L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.

A unique new material that shrinks when it is heated and expands when it is cooled could help enable the ultra-stable space telescopes ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

Surrounding it are the dynamics of axion particles, entropy gradients, and structural collapse ExtractoDAO unveils Quantum DUT, a blockchain-based simulator using James Webb data to model non-singular ...

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...

in a design intended to make the telescope compact and nimble. Light from the cosmos bounces from the mirror’s outer surface to a secondary mirror, back to the main mirror’s inner surface, and from ...

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

This principle is why incredibly powerful telescopes like the JWST enable us to see into the distant past. So far, even, that we may be able to see millions of years farther into the past than Hubble ...

Aug. 31—CANTON — A massive 11-foot-wide mirror, created in Canton, is installed at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The mirror will help scientists identify potentially harmful ...

On July 24, 2024, a team at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile installed its 3.4-meter secondary mirror onto the Simonyi Survey Telescope. Its installment brings the facility one step closer ...