Let's Connect

  • Visit the Rubin Observatory on Facebook
  • Visit the Rubin Observatory on Instagram
  • Visit the Rubin Observatory on LinkedIn
  • Visit the Rubin Observatory on Twitter
  • Visit the Rubin Observatory on YouTube
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs Board
  • Intranet
  • Visual Identity Guide
  • Image Gallery
  • Privacy Policy

Contact us

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science will support Rubin Observatory in its operations phase to carry out the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. They will also provide support for scientific research with the data. During operations, NSF funding is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with NSF, and DOE funding is managed by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), under contract by DOE. Rubin Observatory is operated by NSF NOIRLab and SLAC.

NSF is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science. NSF supports basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.

The DOE Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.

Funding agency logos
Localize site content
    • About
    • History
    • Who was Vera Rubin?
    • Construction Updates
    • Rubin Culture
      • Rubin in Chile
      • Cerro Pachón
      • Observatory Site Selection
      • Organization
      • Leadership
      • Science Collaborations
    • Funding Information
      • Work With Us
      • Jobs Board
    • Explore
      • How Rubin Works
      • Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)
      • Rubin Technology
      • Alert Stream
      • Rubin Numbers
    • Science Goals
    • Rubin Voices
    • Get Involved in Rubin Research
      • Activities, Games, and More
      • Space Surveyors Game
      • Make Your Own Rubin Voices Trading Card
      • Animated Video Series
    • Gallery
    • Slideshows
    • Construction Archive Gallery
    • Media Use Policy
    • News
    • Press Releases
    • For Media
    • Press Releases
    • For Scientists
    • Events and deadlines
      • Resources for scientists
      • Rubin Community Forum
      • Early Science Program
      • Workshops and seminars
      • Tutorials
      • LSST Discovery Alliance
      • Code of Conduct
      • Survey, instruments, and telescopes
      • Key numbers
      • The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)
      • Instruments
      • Telescopes
      • Data products, pipelines, and services
      • Data access and analysis
      • Recent data releases
      • Alerts and brokers
      • Data processing pipelines
      • Future data products
      • Data Policy
      • Documentation and publications
      • Technical documentation
      • How to cite Rubin Observatory
      • Publication policies
      • Science Collaborations
      • Galaxies Science Collaboration
      • Stars, Milky Way, and Local Volume Science Collaboration
      • Solar System Science Collaboration
      • Dark Energy Science Collaboration
      • Active Galactic Nuclei Science Collaboration
      • Transients and Variable Stars Science Collaboration
      • Strong Lensing Science Collaboration
      • Informatics and Statistics Science Collaboration
    • Citizen Science
      • Committees and teams
      • Science Advisory Committee (SAC)
      • Survey Cadence Optimization Committee (SCOC)
      • Users Committee
      • Community Science Team (CST)
      • Research Inclusion Working Group (RIWG)
      • Project Science Team (PST)
    • Education
    • Education FAQs
    • Educators
    • Glossary
    • Investigations
    • Calendar
Localize site content
Homepage
  1. Explore
  2. Activities, Games, and More

Activities, Games, and More

Discover our expanding collection of Rubin Observatory-themed activities that will educate and inspire you.

Learn how Rubin will scan the sky with Space Surveyors!

How many objects can you discover in a night?

Explore Rubin Observatory's Space Surveyors, a game where you click or tap to move Rubin's camera around the sky and capture images as objects appear and disappear, waiting to be discovered! All you need is 60 spare seconds and a web browser—but watch out for those pesky clouds and airplanes....

Learn more about the gamePlay now!

Rubin Voices

Rubin Voices highlights and celebrates the diversity of people who make the observatory and its science possible. Browse the features below to meet the staff, scientists, and educators who are part of the observatory or use its data — and listen to what they sound like too!

  • Fernanda Urrutia

  • Christian Aganze

  • Sandrine Thomas

  • Sandrine Thomas

  • Louse Edwards

  • Ardis Herrold

Browse all Rubin Voices

Explore our videos about Rubin and its science

Want to learn about Rubin, but prefer watching videos to reading? We've got you! Check out our animated video series, freely available for anyone to watch on Youtube.

Explore the videos

Download printable activities

Looking for a Halloween jack-o-lantern stencil? How about a paper snowflake stencil, or a Rubin Voices trading card template? Explore our printable activities at the link below!

Download printable activities

Explore more