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The facility, which honors astronomer Vera Cooper Rubin, MS \u201951, has released its first images\u2014and they’re mind-blowing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the dawn of a new era in ground-based celestial observations, thanks to a telescope and observatory named for a pioneering alumni astronomer. In late June 2025, scientists at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory\u2014named for Vera Cooper Rubin, MS \u201951<\/a>\u2014made headlines worldwide with its first batch of images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media described the ultra-high-def visuals as \u201camazing,\u201d \u201cstunning,\u201d and \u201cunveiling the universe as we\u2019ve never seen it before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The star-forming Trifid Nebula.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And this is just the observatory\u2019s opening act. These incredibly detailed images\u2014which show millions of galaxies, stars, asteroids, and nebulae\u2014are a tiny glimpse at the vast potential of this innovative and powerful facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rubin Observatory will be able to create vividly detailed time-lapse videos of entire swaths of the night sky\u2014highlighting far more than a static snapshot ever could\u2014and therefore chart distant cosmic events like supernova explosions and pulsating stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much closer to home, it will identify asteroids in our solar system that were invisible to all previous observational equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incredibly detailed images\u2014which show millions of galaxies, stars, asteroids, and nebulae\u2014are a tiny glimpse at the observatory’s vast potential.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the National Science Foundation\u2019s chief of staff puts it: the observatory \u201cwill capture more information about our universe than all optical telescopes throughout history combined.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The facility\u2014which boasts the world\u2019s largest telescope, a 3,200-megapixel digital camera, and a host of cutting-edge data- and image-processing capabilities\u2014sits on a mountaintop nearly 9,000 feet above sea level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s located at the edge of Chile\u2019s Atacama Desert\u2014home to several other observatories, thanks to its dry atmosphere and dramatically dark night skies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carnegie Institution for Science Archives<\/figcaption>
Rubin in a 1980s-era portrait.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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(They include the soon-to-be completed Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope<\/a>, an international project led by Cornell; it’s named for another alum, Fred Young \u201964, MEng \u201966, MBA \u201966, its principal benefactor.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In just its first 10 hours after coming online, the Rubin telescope discovered more than 2,000 previously invisible asteroids in the solar system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That staggering total, however, will be dwarfed by the estimated 20 billion<\/em> galaxies it\u2019s expected to chart during its decade-long survey, which is planned to begin later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Workers are dwarfed as a crane lifts the observatory\u2019s car-sized camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That project\u2014titled the Legacy Survey of Space and Time\u2014will chart what the observatory\u2019s scientific team has described as an \u201cultrawide, ultra-high-definition time-lapse record of the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Images and videos are being posted on the observatory\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In just its first 10 hours after coming online, the telescope discovered more than 2,000 previously invisible asteroids in the solar system.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The project is a fitting tribute to Rubin, a member of the National Academy of Sciences who won both the U.S. National Medal of Science and the Gold Medal from the U.K.\u2019s Royal Astronomical Society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She passed away in 2016 at age 88, having continued her work into her final years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Wilensky \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption>
On a 2025 U.S. quarter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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(Among her more recent honors: being featured<\/a> in the 2025 American Women Quarters Program\u2014the first time a Cornellian has ever been depicted on a circulating U.S. coin.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rubin spent decades gathering evidence to prove the existence of dark matter\u2014analyzing the irregular rotation of stars around galaxies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her research led her to believe that this unseen material not only binds entire galaxies, but comprises more than 80% of the universe\u2019s mass.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As colleague Martha Haynes<\/a>, Cornell\u2019s Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Astronomy Emerita, has said: \u201cShe was always curious about what makes galaxies tick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1985, Rubin presented data to the International Astronomical Union that ultimately changed scientific conceptions of the universe, opening new paths in both astronomy and physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A central part of the Rubin Observatory\u2019s mission: to better understand the nature of dark matter, among other large-scale cosmic questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s a sampling of the Rubin Observatory\u2019s eye-popping images!<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A combination of more than 1,100 photos, this view (titled Cosmic Treasure Chest<\/em>) includes about 10 million galaxies\u2014.05% of the 20 billion the observatory plans to capture over the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"This<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Trifid (top right) and Lagoon nebulae, both located within our own galaxy\u2014and several thousand light-years from Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"This<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This small section of the Virgo Cluster includes two prominent spiral galaxies, three merging galaxies, and near and distant galaxy groups, along with stars in our own Milky Way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"The<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The open star cluster Bochum 14, some 2,150 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"A<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A close-up of two spiral galaxies in the Virgo Cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top: The observatory, with the Milky Way visible above. (All images courtesy of the NSF\u2013DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory \/ NOIR Lab, unless otherwise indicated.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published June 26, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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