The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will help astronomers investigate dark matter, continuing the legacy of its pioneering namesake
- Written by Samantha Thompson, Astronomy Curator, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
The Rubin Observatory is scheduled to release its first images in 2025.RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/B. QuintEverything in space – from the Earth and Sun to black holes – accounts for just 15% of all matter in the universe. The rest of the cosmos seems to be made of an invisible material astronomers call dark matter.
Astronomers...