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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.

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    • Rubin Observatory from above on its desert summit site, with a vast expanse of desert mountains receding into the background. Rubin is a boot-like shape at center, with a long white service building extending toward us and to the left and angular silver dome rising on the right.
      Rubin Observatory in August 2024
    • NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory August 2024
    • NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory atop snowy Cerro Pachón
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the left. The observatory sits against a yellow and orange sky and spotty gray clouds, with rolling purpley mountain ridges fading into the background.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the right. The observatory sits against purple gray cloudy sky, with sunlight shining from the left. Rolling mountain ridges ranging from brown nearby to greenish gray further away.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the right. The observatory sits against the Chilean desert mountain landscape under a cloudy sky. The nearby mountains are brown, with sunlight illuminating them, while the farther mountains appear more blue.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • Research on the Ridge
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón at sunset. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the right. The observatory sits against purple blue mountains, and the dome glints pink in the setting sunlight
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the left. The observatory sits against a yellow and orange sky and gray clouds, with rolling mountain ridges in varying shades of purple and pink fading into the background.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the right. The observatory sits against firey orange mountains under a gray sky. The dome glints a dazzling orange from the setting sun.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the left. The observatory sits against a yellow and pink sky and gray clouds, with rolling mountain ridges in varying shades of blue fading into the background.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending toward us and slightly to the left. The observatory sits against a yellow and pink sky and gray clouds, with rolling mountain ridges in varying shades of blue fading into the background.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • The car-sized LSST Camera is lifted above the floor inside Rubin Observatory, surrounded by about 8 people in construction protective clothing. The camera looks like a super-sized version of the lens portion of a handheld DSLR or similar, with a 5.5-foot diameter lens caps displaying the Rubin and SLAC National Lab logos.
      LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory
    • Rubin Observatory under a night sky. The observatory is a boot shape sitting on top of its rocky summit site, made of a long white building that extends to the left and a silver angular dome sticking up. A silhouetted crane is parked to the right. The denser area of the Milky Way spills from the right horizon up toward the left. Dark tendrils of dust clouds weave through a thicker bulge area toward the middle.
      Rubin and Night Sky
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      Rubin Observatory and the full moon
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