📅 Today, 23 June 2025, the first images from the observatory are being revealed – a historic moment for the world of astronomy.

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📷 This is a revolutionary telescope: it isn’t looking for “the sharpest image,” but for everything that changes in the sky. Yes—every asteroid that moves, every star that brightens or fades, every supernova in a distant galaxy—Vera C. Rubin will be there to capture it.

🌌 Located in Chile, the telescope houses the largest imaging camera ever built for astronomy, featuring a 3.2-gigapixel sensor, an enormous field of view covering an area 45 times the full Moon, and the ability to capture the entire southern sky every three nights.

After years of planning, construction, and anticipation—it’s finally happening! The Vera C. Rubin Observatory [1] is now operational, ready to transform the way we view the universe.

The Milky Way reflected in the Vera Rubin Observatory | RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/DOE/NSF/AURA/B. Quint

The world’s largest camera of its kind | RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/B. Quint

The telescope during preparations | RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/DOE/NSF/AURA/W. O'Mullane

🕳️ The goal? The creation of a space–time survey of the universe (LSST – Legacy Survey of Space and Time), no less! That means mapping tens of billions of galaxies and stars, discovering millions of asteroids, bettering our understanding of dark matter—and perhaps uncovering phenomena we have yet to conceive.

🧑‍🔬 Vera C. Rubin, the astronomer who first identified evidence of dark matter’s imprint, finally has a telescope that bears her name—a legacy that continues to illuminate the sky.

👁️ So the next time you hear about an exploding star, a close-passing asteroid, or a mysterious discovery at the edge of the universe, chances are the Vera C. Rubin telescope spotted it first.

Read the full article about this revolutionary telescope.

Editing: Smadar Raban

English Editing: Elee Shimshoni

References:

1. Vera Rubin Observatory website