The Rubin Observatory is throwing a big party to reveal its first pictures — and you’re invited After more than 20 years of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready for its grand opening, and the… Read More
Software suggests Rubin Observatory will discover millions of solar system objects A new type of computer simulation predicts that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will discover millions of previously… Read More
Scientists process test images at Rubin Observatory in preparation for ‘First Look’ The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun generating test images of the night sky, thanks to the Simonyi… Read More
‘We have a telescope!’ Rubin Observatory construction team installs its huge mirror The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope in Chile has now been equipped with all three of its… Read More
Play Podcast Tech leader Charles Simonyi provides a wide-angle view of the telescope that bears his family name Play Hubble. Webb. Chandra. Spitzer. Rubin. Roman. And now, Simonyi. With the ramping up of the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the… Read More
Scientists successfully test algorithm for identifying potentially hazardous asteroids A new technique for finding potentially hazardous asteroids before they find us has chalked up its first success. In this… Read More
Next-gen telescope project honors astronomer Vera Rubin and billionaire backer Charles Simonyi The next great ground-based astronomical observatory, previously known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, has been named after the late… Read More
Rapid-response telescope team shares greatest hits from ZTF sky scanner A state-of-the-art astronomical camera system in California known as the Zwicky Transient Facility is rolling out an early batch of… Read More
Scientists say there may be yet another unseen planet at solar system’s edge Astronomers say they’ve found hints that an unseen planetary-mass object may lurk in the outer reaches of our solar system.… Read More
UW’s DIRAC Institute gears up for big data from wide-angle telescope surveys A new data analysis center for what’s expected to be torrents of astronomical imagery is taking shape at the University… Read More
