Rubin Observatory begins landmark 10-year timelapse of night sky

June 30, 2026 | UW News

Rubin combines a wide view of the sky with the ability to detect extremely faint objects. With this capability, Rubin can reveal details of the cosmos across an enormous range of scales, from distant galaxies, to individual stars, to the wispy clouds of dust spread throughout our galaxy. Photo: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA

From a mountaintop in Chile, under clear dark skies, the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).