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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory shares first images from planned decade-long survey of the sky

The National Science Foundation has shared the first images captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, capturing 10 million galaxies in 10 hours of photography.

Jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy's Office of Science, the Large Synoptic Telescope in Cerro Pachón, Chile was renamed the Vera C. Rubin Observatory after astronomer Vera C. Rubin, who's research into gravitational rotation was used as conclusive evidence of the existence of dark matter. The short video embedded above should give you a good sense of the scale of the Rubin Observatory's operation. "This treasure trove of data will help scientists make countless discoveries about the universe and will serve as an incomparable resource for scientific exploration for decades to come."

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