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

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

A comet, now known as 3I/ATLAS, with 3I short for "third interstellar," sparked immediate excitement on July 1 when it was ...

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

Sometimes serendipity happens in science. Whether it's an apple falling from a tree or a melting chocolate bar, some of the ...

The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it. It's going to be fun." ...

The world's largest digital camera focuses on the Virgo Cluster, showing never-before-seen detail in our universe ...

Vera Rubin, second from left, is seen at the NASA Sponsors Women in Astronomy and Space Science in October 2009. Still, Rubin has said she wasn't deterred.

Vera Rubin, remarks quoted in National Science Foundation press release, 1996. Vera C. Rubin, “A Brief History of Dark Matter,” Physics Today 49, no. 12 (December 1996): 40–46.

At the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, all of the data will be made available to both Chilean and U.S astronomers which should aid the growing number of astronomers in Chile.

Vera Rubin, the scientist credited with proving the existence of dark matter, died in December. She’s remembered not just for work that changed our understanding of the make-up of the universe, but ...

Text: After years of teaching, Vera C. Rubin joined the Carnegie Institute for Terrestrial Magnetism in 1965 where she met collaborator Kent Ford.