JUNE 26, 2025
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured over 10 million galaxies in just its first 10 hours of test imaging — all from Earth.
Its 3.2-gigapixel camera is the largest digital camera ever built, capable of scanning the sky with stunning speed and resolution.
Rubin is the core of a 10-year mission called the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) — capturing the entire southern sky every few nights.
In its test run, Rubin discovered over 2,104 new asteroids, including 7 near-Earth objects — all previously unknown.
Unlike James Webb, Rubin doesn’t look deep into the past — it watches the universe in motion, capturing real-time cosmic changes.
UNamed after Vera Rubin, who proved the existence of dark matter, this observatory is built to solve the mysteries of the invisible universe.