To celebrate the approaching end of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's construction period, we're reminiscing through the eyes of some of our talented staff.
Join us for the #RubinConstructionArchives series, every Tuesday and Thursday on Youtube through November! 🔭 🧪
youtube.com/RubinObservatory
Join us for the #RubinConstructionArchives series, every Tuesday and Thursday on Youtube through November! 🔭 🧪
youtube.com/RubinObservatory
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
To celebrate the approaching end of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's construction period, we're reminiscing through the eyes of some of our talented staff.
Join us for the #RubinConstructionArchives series, every Tuesday and Thursday on Youtube through November! 🔭 🧪
youtube.com/RubinObservatory
Join us for the #RubinConstructionArchives series, every Tuesday and Thursday on Youtube through November! 🔭 🧪
youtube.com/RubinObservatory
8 new Near-Earth Asteroids have been discovered by the Vera Rubin Observatory from just 10 hours of sky scanning over the course of a few nights. Imagine what Rubin will do when it's fully operational. #LSST #RubinObservatory #NEO
June 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
8 new Near-Earth Asteroids have been discovered by the Vera Rubin Observatory from just 10 hours of sky scanning over the course of a few nights. Imagine what Rubin will do when it's fully operational. #LSST #RubinObservatory #NEO
Those 4 interacting galaxies is amazing. I can't stop staring at the whole image: skyviewer.app/explorer
Rubin's Cosmic Treasure Chest is an appropriate name.
#astronomy #RubinObservatory #Space
Rubin's Cosmic Treasure Chest is an appropriate name.
#astronomy #RubinObservatory #Space
June 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Those 4 interacting galaxies is amazing. I can't stop staring at the whole image: skyviewer.app/explorer
Rubin's Cosmic Treasure Chest is an appropriate name.
#astronomy #RubinObservatory #Space
Rubin's Cosmic Treasure Chest is an appropriate name.
#astronomy #RubinObservatory #Space
#RubinObservatory is the full swing of commissioning! #shorts
YouTube video by Rubin Observatory
youtube.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:30 PM
These pictures - the sheer enormity of the cosmos which they capture - are unexpectedly comforting during this turbulent time of cruelty & petty violence
We are a speck among specks, and even if we destroy ourselves, we cannot touch this: #RubinObservatory
rubinobservatory.org/gallery/coll...
We are a speck among specks, and even if we destroy ourselves, we cannot touch this: #RubinObservatory
rubinobservatory.org/gallery/coll...
Cosmic Abundance (Image)
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 in the cosmos. Visible are two prominent spiral galaxies, ...
rubinobservatory.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
These pictures - the sheer enormity of the cosmos which they capture - are unexpectedly comforting during this turbulent time of cruelty & petty violence
We are a speck among specks, and even if we destroy ourselves, we cannot touch this: #RubinObservatory
rubinobservatory.org/gallery/coll...
We are a speck among specks, and even if we destroy ourselves, we cannot touch this: #RubinObservatory
rubinobservatory.org/gallery/coll...
Astronomers imaged a million light year bridge of faint stars between 2 galaxies merging in cluster Abell 3667. This first direct evidence reveals rapid merging of two galaxy clusters and helps us understand galaxy evolution
🧪🔭🌌✨
#DarkMatter
#RubinObservatory
Paper
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
🧪🔭🌌✨
#DarkMatter
#RubinObservatory
Paper
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
‘Bridge’ of stray stars reveals active merger of two galaxy clusters
In a preview of observations that will be made routinely by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, astronomers found evidence indicating that a galaxy cluster is merging, a first for a nearby (astronomically ...
www.eurekalert.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Astronomers imaged a million light year bridge of faint stars between 2 galaxies merging in cluster Abell 3667. This first direct evidence reveals rapid merging of two galaxy clusters and helps us understand galaxy evolution
🧪🔭🌌✨
#DarkMatter
#RubinObservatory
Paper
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
🧪🔭🌌✨
#DarkMatter
#RubinObservatory
Paper
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
None are a danger to Earth. We should look to the stars before we destroy Earth, ourselves. 🌎
#telescope #RubinObservatory #asteroids
#telescope #RubinObservatory #asteroids
A Swarm of New Asteroids - VIDEO - EN
YouTube video by Rubin Observatory
youtu.be
June 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
None are a danger to Earth. We should look to the stars before we destroy Earth, ourselves. 🌎
#telescope #RubinObservatory #asteroids
#telescope #RubinObservatory #asteroids
Welcome to Rubin's #CommissioningNotes! Entry 1️⃣: we're in full swing!
Ok, but what's "commissioning?"
Rubin Observatory is the result of millions of hours of work by thousands of people around the world -- and now all that work is coming together! 🔭🧪
https://youtu.be/-xbzfu75Nzc
Ok, but what's "commissioning?"
Rubin Observatory is the result of millions of hours of work by thousands of people around the world -- and now all that work is coming together! 🔭🧪
https://youtu.be/-xbzfu75Nzc
#RubinObservatory is the full swing of commissioning! #shorts
We're on a cosmic mission, ambition needs no permission when you're working toward the transmission of data without opposition - that's commissioning 😎Ok, b...
youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Welcome to Rubin's #CommissioningNotes! Entry 1️⃣: we're in full swing!
Ok, but what's "commissioning?"
Rubin Observatory is the result of millions of hours of work by thousands of people around the world -- and now all that work is coming together! 🔭🧪
https://youtu.be/-xbzfu75Nzc
Ok, but what's "commissioning?"
Rubin Observatory is the result of millions of hours of work by thousands of people around the world -- and now all that work is coming together! 🔭🧪
https://youtu.be/-xbzfu75Nzc
✍️ Rubin #CommissioningNotes, entry 3️⃣: progress continues!
Our team had some exciting accomplishments last week with Rubin's test camera, ComCam:
🏅the best image quality measured so far, and
🎨 data taken of the sky in five of Rubin's six wavelength filters
🔭🧪
https://youtu.be/xyl6rDzDU7Q
Our team had some exciting accomplishments last week with Rubin's test camera, ComCam:
🏅the best image quality measured so far, and
🎨 data taken of the sky in five of Rubin's six wavelength filters
🔭🧪
https://youtu.be/xyl6rDzDU7Q
A few days and nights at #RubinObservatory during commissioning #shorts
Commissioning progress continued last week at Rubin Observatory with some exciting achievements using the test camera, ComCam!🏅the best image quality measur...
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM
✍️ Rubin #CommissioningNotes, entry 3️⃣: progress continues!
Our team had some exciting accomplishments last week with Rubin's test camera, ComCam:
🏅the best image quality measured so far, and
🎨 data taken of the sky in five of Rubin's six wavelength filters
🔭🧪
https://youtu.be/xyl6rDzDU7Q
Our team had some exciting accomplishments last week with Rubin's test camera, ComCam:
🏅the best image quality measured so far, and
🎨 data taken of the sky in five of Rubin's six wavelength filters
🔭🧪
https://youtu.be/xyl6rDzDU7Q
This month, scientists using preliminary data from the new #RubinObservatory say they've already discovered Rubin's 1st ultra-faint satellite #galaxy - dubbed #AquariusIV - orbiting our home galaxy, the #MilkyWay. 🌌🛰️
Find out more:
buff.ly/UwD5KFa
📸 William Cerny/ Rubin Observatory.
Find out more:
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📸 William Cerny/ Rubin Observatory.
August 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
This month, scientists using preliminary data from the new #RubinObservatory say they've already discovered Rubin's 1st ultra-faint satellite #galaxy - dubbed #AquariusIV - orbiting our home galaxy, the #MilkyWay. 🌌🛰️
Find out more:
buff.ly/UwD5KFa
📸 William Cerny/ Rubin Observatory.
Find out more:
buff.ly/UwD5KFa
📸 William Cerny/ Rubin Observatory.
Today’s DIRAC all-hands meeting — full of great discussions, updates, and momentum as we move into the next phase of Rubin Observatory science!
#DIRAC #RubinObservatory #LSST #UniversityOfWashington #Astrophysics
#DIRAC #RubinObservatory #LSST #UniversityOfWashington #Astrophysics
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Today’s DIRAC all-hands meeting — full of great discussions, updates, and momentum as we move into the next phase of Rubin Observatory science!
#DIRAC #RubinObservatory #LSST #UniversityOfWashington #Astrophysics
#DIRAC #RubinObservatory #LSST #UniversityOfWashington #Astrophysics
Special welcome to our new Fellows as the 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Early Science with the LSST begins in Tucson! Cosponsored with @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, with support from Leinweber Foundation and Kevin Wells. #RubinObservatory #LSST
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Special welcome to our new Fellows as the 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Early Science with the LSST begins in Tucson! Cosponsored with @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, with support from Leinweber Foundation and Kevin Wells. #RubinObservatory #LSST
Science News
#RubinObservatory #VeraRubin #LSST #FirstLight #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Cosmology #Space #DarkMatter #DarkEnergy #TimeDomainAstronomy #Transients #Asteroids #SkySurvey #BigData #Science #ScienceSky #Chile
#RubinObservatory #VeraRubin #LSST #FirstLight #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Cosmology #Space #DarkMatter #DarkEnergy #TimeDomainAstronomy #Transients #Asteroids #SkySurvey #BigData #Science #ScienceSky #Chile
August 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Mirror, mirror reflecting so bright, who are those figures in your sight?
Rubin's secondary mirror was uncovered for the first time since installation, giving some unique selfie opportunities🤳
🧪🔭
🔗: https://buff.ly/4771q2R
Rubin's secondary mirror was uncovered for the first time since installation, giving some unique selfie opportunities🤳
🧪🔭
🔗: https://buff.ly/4771q2R
Uncovering Rubin's secondary mirror for the first time after installation #shorts #RubinObservatory
Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror was recently uncovered for the first time since its installation. With the stray light baffle now installed, we're anoth...
youtu.be
August 28, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Mirror, mirror reflecting so bright, who are those figures in your sight?
Rubin's secondary mirror was uncovered for the first time since installation, giving some unique selfie opportunities🤳
🧪🔭
🔗: https://buff.ly/4771q2R
Rubin's secondary mirror was uncovered for the first time since installation, giving some unique selfie opportunities🤳
🧪🔭
🔗: https://buff.ly/4771q2R
Yesterday, the #RubinObservatory began its 10-year-long survey of the night sky called the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Rubin will rapidly scan the sky using the world’s largest digital camera. #astronomy 🛰️🌌 #stars
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📸 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/ NOIRLab/ SLAC/ AURA.
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📸 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/ NOIRLab/ SLAC/ AURA.
July 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Yesterday, the #RubinObservatory began its 10-year-long survey of the night sky called the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Rubin will rapidly scan the sky using the world’s largest digital camera. #astronomy 🛰️🌌 #stars
buff.ly/f5pHJEd
📸 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/ NOIRLab/ SLAC/ AURA.
buff.ly/f5pHJEd
📸 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/ NOIRLab/ SLAC/ AURA.
Like your digital camera, but bigger.
Much bigger.
The LSST Camera looks remarkably like a super-sized handheld digital camera. Here's how it stacks up against the camera you might have at home!
Which surprised you the most? 🔭🧪
Much bigger.
The LSST Camera looks remarkably like a super-sized handheld digital camera. Here's how it stacks up against the camera you might have at home!
Which surprised you the most? 🔭🧪
LSST Camera: like your camera but bigger #shorts #RubinObservatory
Like your digital camera, but bigger.Much bigger.The LSST Camera looks remarkably like a super-sized handheld digital camera. Here's how it stacks up against...
youtu.be
October 3, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Like your digital camera, but bigger.
Much bigger.
The LSST Camera looks remarkably like a super-sized handheld digital camera. Here's how it stacks up against the camera you might have at home!
Which surprised you the most? 🔭🧪
Much bigger.
The LSST Camera looks remarkably like a super-sized handheld digital camera. Here's how it stacks up against the camera you might have at home!
Which surprised you the most? 🔭🧪
Gave my talk on #RubinObservatory today at my local #u3a - Going to be the “gift that keeps on giving” assuming #megaconstellations let it do its job! Such an impressive set-up over in Chile 👏👏👏 #astronomy
January 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Gave my talk on #RubinObservatory today at my local #u3a - Going to be the “gift that keeps on giving” assuming #megaconstellations let it do its job! Such an impressive set-up over in Chile 👏👏👏 #astronomy
If you want to see the 8 new #NEA asteroids discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory tonight, northern hemisphere observers need to look to the southwestern sky. Not surprising, because #RubinObservatory is in Chile. They're also mag 24-25 so you'll need a huge telescope too.
June 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If you want to see the 8 new #NEA asteroids discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory tonight, northern hemisphere observers need to look to the southwestern sky. Not surprising, because #RubinObservatory is in Chile. They're also mag 24-25 so you'll need a huge telescope too.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is poised to scan the sky nightly for 10 years. And we get our first look at the images from the #RubinObservatory at 10 a.m. CDT tomorrow!
Watch the first look in the player here!
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📸 H.Stockebrand/ RubinObs/ NOIRLab/ SLAC/ DOE/ NSF/ AURA.
Watch the first look in the player here!
buff.ly/vX5I73z
📸 H.Stockebrand/ RubinObs/ NOIRLab/ SLAC/ DOE/ NSF/ AURA.
June 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is poised to scan the sky nightly for 10 years. And we get our first look at the images from the #RubinObservatory at 10 a.m. CDT tomorrow!
Watch the first look in the player here!
buff.ly/vX5I73z
📸 H.Stockebrand/ RubinObs/ NOIRLab/ SLAC/ DOE/ NSF/ AURA.
Watch the first look in the player here!
buff.ly/vX5I73z
📸 H.Stockebrand/ RubinObs/ NOIRLab/ SLAC/ DOE/ NSF/ AURA.
Rubin Observatory caught 3I/ATLAS on June 21, 10 days before its official discovery. The data was recovered after the interstellar comet was announced.
#Astronomy #Comets #RubinObservatory #3IATLAS
🧪🔭☄️
phys.org/news/2025-07...
Paper
arxiv.org/abs/2507.13409
#Astronomy #Comets #RubinObservatory #3IATLAS
🧪🔭☄️
phys.org/news/2025-07...
Paper
arxiv.org/abs/2507.13409
Apparently Vera Rubin captured images of 3I/ATLAS before it was even discovered
Sometimes serendipity happens in science. Whether it's an apple falling from a tree or a melting chocolate bar, some of the world's greatest discoveries come from happy accidents, even if their storie...
phys.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Rubin Observatory caught 3I/ATLAS on June 21, 10 days before its official discovery. The data was recovered after the interstellar comet was announced.
#Astronomy #Comets #RubinObservatory #3IATLAS
🧪🔭☄️
phys.org/news/2025-07...
Paper
arxiv.org/abs/2507.13409
#Astronomy #Comets #RubinObservatory #3IATLAS
🧪🔭☄️
phys.org/news/2025-07...
Paper
arxiv.org/abs/2507.13409
11 000 astéroïdes “invisibles” sortent du noir dès le 1er mois du nouveau télescope : la ceinture solaire s’ouvre comme jamais. Rubin 😳
www.tameteo.com/actualites/a...
#Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #Astronomy #Asteroid #NEO #RubinObservatory #PlanetaryDefense #SkySurvey #NewSpace
www.tameteo.com/actualites/a...
#Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #Astronomy #Asteroid #NEO #RubinObservatory #PlanetaryDefense #SkySurvey #NewSpace
Même la NASA ne l’a pas vu venir : un télescope a découvert 11 000 astéroïdes cachés lors de son premier mois d'essai
Le télescope Vera C. Rubin Observatory a détecté 11 000 nouveaux astéroïdes, dont 33 objets proches de la Terre et des centaines de mondes glacés.
www.tameteo.com
April 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
11 000 astéroïdes “invisibles” sortent du noir dès le 1er mois du nouveau télescope : la ceinture solaire s’ouvre comme jamais. Rubin 😳
www.tameteo.com/actualites/a...
#Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #Astronomy #Asteroid #NEO #RubinObservatory #PlanetaryDefense #SkySurvey #NewSpace
www.tameteo.com/actualites/a...
#Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #Astronomy #Asteroid #NEO #RubinObservatory #PlanetaryDefense #SkySurvey #NewSpace
“First Light”
One year after Rubin First Look, the invitation still stands:
Come, all you watchers—young and wondering—
the sky has something new to show.
Not what we were, but what is waiting
just beyond what we can know.
By JB
#RubinObservatory #Astronomy #Space #Poetry
One year after Rubin First Look, the invitation still stands:
Come, all you watchers—young and wondering—
the sky has something new to show.
Not what we were, but what is waiting
just beyond what we can know.
By JB
#RubinObservatory #Astronomy #Space #Poetry
June 21, 2026 at 9:56 PM
“First Light”
One year after Rubin First Look, the invitation still stands:
Come, all you watchers—young and wondering—
the sky has something new to show.
Not what we were, but what is waiting
just beyond what we can know.
By JB
#RubinObservatory #Astronomy #Space #Poetry
One year after Rubin First Look, the invitation still stands:
Come, all you watchers—young and wondering—
the sky has something new to show.
Not what we were, but what is waiting
just beyond what we can know.
By JB
#RubinObservatory #Astronomy #Space #Poetry
1/4
The Rubin Observatory identified the fastest-spinning asteroid larger than 500 meters ever found. This record-breaking object was spotted during pre-survey commissioning, proving the new facility can detect what others miss.
🔭🧪🛰️⚒️
#RubinObservatory
#Asteroid
#Space
The Rubin Observatory identified the fastest-spinning asteroid larger than 500 meters ever found. This record-breaking object was spotted during pre-survey commissioning, proving the new facility can detect what others miss.
🔭🧪🛰️⚒️
#RubinObservatory
#Asteroid
#Space
NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Spots Record-Breaking Asteroid in Pre-Survey Observations | Rubin Observatory
Astronomers analyzing data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, have discovered the fas...
rubinobservatory.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM
1/4
The Rubin Observatory identified the fastest-spinning asteroid larger than 500 meters ever found. This record-breaking object was spotted during pre-survey commissioning, proving the new facility can detect what others miss.
🔭🧪🛰️⚒️
#RubinObservatory
#Asteroid
#Space
The Rubin Observatory identified the fastest-spinning asteroid larger than 500 meters ever found. This record-breaking object was spotted during pre-survey commissioning, proving the new facility can detect what others miss.
🔭🧪🛰️⚒️
#RubinObservatory
#Asteroid
#Space
1/10 🔭 ASTRONOMICAL BREAKTHROUGH 🔭
Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils first images—preview of the largest astronomical "movie" ever created.
Physics Magazine reports this Chilean telescope will revolutionize our cosmic understanding.
#RubinObservatory #Astronomy
Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils first images—preview of the largest astronomical "movie" ever created.
Physics Magazine reports this Chilean telescope will revolutionize our cosmic understanding.
#RubinObservatory #Astronomy
June 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
1/10 🔭 ASTRONOMICAL BREAKTHROUGH 🔭
Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils first images—preview of the largest astronomical "movie" ever created.
Physics Magazine reports this Chilean telescope will revolutionize our cosmic understanding.
#RubinObservatory #Astronomy
Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils first images—preview of the largest astronomical "movie" ever created.
Physics Magazine reports this Chilean telescope will revolutionize our cosmic understanding.
#RubinObservatory #Astronomy