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The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the SLAC-built LSST Camera image the visible southern sky over and over for a decade, creating a vast archive of data that will advance our knowledge of dark energy and dark matter.

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News Brief
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Explain it in 60 seconds: big data

How do you solve a problem like big data?

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News Feature

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

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News Feature

The long and continuing quest to understand dark energy has entered exciting new territory.

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Press 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.

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News Brief

Rubin Observatory’s rapid scanning of the night sky will capture the largest sample of Type Ia supernovae yet, unlocking new insights into dark energy.

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News Feature

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.

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News Feature

A new center brings astrophysics, data science, and AI together to answer some of the universe’s biggest questions.

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News Feature

AI is playing a key role in helping SLAC researchers find new galaxies and tiny neutrinos, and discover new drugs.

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News Brief

The observatory's practice camera has captured its first on-sky data.

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News Feature

Vera C. Rubin Observatory will unite coordinated observations of cosmic phenomena using the four messengers of the universe.

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Past Event
Discovering millions of galaxies and unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy is far out! Join us at the Dutch Goose for...
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The 3.5-meter  glass mirror is the first permanent component of the Simonyi Survey Telescope's  state-of-the-art, wide-field optical system to be installed and will soon...

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