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Kavli Institute for Partical Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) scientist Ralf Kaehler at work here in the "Vizlab."
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The latest results combined weak lensing and galaxy clustering and incorporated four dark energy probes from a single experiment for the first time.

Photo of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in the Chilean Andes at night.
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His visit highlighted the breadth of our world-class research and the people and collaborations that make it possible. A key theme of the day...

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Danly watches a simulation of dark matter.
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The state-of-the-art ‘big-data facility’ unveils its first images and video, bringing the night sky to life like never before.

This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth
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In about 10 hours of observations, NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovered 2,104 never-before-seen asteroids in our solar system, including seven near-Earth asteroids (which...

A Swarm of New Asteroids video still frame
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Made from over 1,100 images captured by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the video begins with a close-up of two galaxies then zooms out...

A small section of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s view of the Virgo Cluster, offering a vivid glimpse of the variety in the cosmos
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This image captures a small section of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s view of the Virgo Cluster, offering a vivid glimpse of the variety...

A small section of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s view of the Virgo Cluster, offering a vivid glimpse of the variety in the cosmos
Photograph

This image of the Trifid nebula (top right) and the Lagoon nebula, combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in...

This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to embark on its quest to capture the cosmos, marking the culmination of decades of work by...

A group photo in front of a large telescope mounting system.
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will add an unprecedented amount of cosmological data to the study of the structure and expansion of the Universe.

An illustration of a woman holding a book is surrounded by photographic negatives showing pictures of the universe.
News Brief

Wechsler is one of seven Stanford researchers to join the scholarly society, which works to promote science for public good.

Risa Wechsler
Feature

Now that NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera has been installed, what’s next?

A large black cylindrical camera is positioned in a telescope dome.
News Release

Using the largest digital camera in the world, Rubin Observatory will soon be ready to capture more data than any other observatory in history.

A person in a hard hat looks at a giant black lens cap surrounded by a mirror