
2.3K
NSIn 2025, the NSF-DOE @Rubin_Observatory hit a historic milestone, capturing its first images in just hours of test observations. Millions of galaxies and thousands of asteroids appeared in its view, previewing its upcoming 10-year survey that will collect more data in its first year than all previous observatories combined, empowering researchers and fueling discoveries about dark matter, galaxy formation and planetary defense.
📷: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
#RubinFirstLook #cosmos #NSFfunded #universe #CaptureTheCosmos
@nsfgov










