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

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

The Vara C. Rubin Observatory is perched on Chile's Cerro Pachon in the foothills of the Andes Mountains and stands as a doorway to exploring the women of Chilean astronomy.

This last leg will be a 35-kilometer journey up a winding snake of dirt roads and switchbacks. It will be narrow and perilous, and the observatory at the top won’t be able to receive more than ...

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of the universe. If a ninth planet exists in our solar system, scientists say ...