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

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile recently captured rare footage of the visitor known as 3I/ATLAS — only the third interstellar object discovered. What’s more impressive: The observatory ...

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

While orbiting telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope give researchers a unique view of ...

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

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.