Rubin was born Vera Cooper on July 23, 1928, in Philadelphia. At age 10, she moved with her family to Washington, D.C. There, she stared out her bedroom window (she said you could still see the ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A giant new telescope in Chile has opened its eyes for the first time — and while the view may not be impressive to some, its scientist parents are thrilled. The Vera C.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory recently achieved a significant milestone in its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), a groundbreaking 10-year initiative funded by the US National Science ...