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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.

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    • Artist's illustration of Rubin Observatory with its dome open beneath a night sky artistically filled with galaxies. The galaxies in the sky are various shapes and sizes, and all have red or orange hues. The horizon has a white glow, as if from light pollution. The observatory sits on the right, and a dirt road zigs from a lower level and zags to an upper level. The giant main mirror inside the open dome points to our right.
      Rubin at Night (closeup)
    • Artist's illustration of Rubin Observatory with its dome open beneath a night sky artistically filled with galaxies. The galaxies in the sky are various shapes and sizes, and all have white or yellow hues. A particularly bright star shines with cross-shaped diffraction spikes in the top center. The observatory sits on a brown rocky landscape in the bottom left. The giant main mirror inside the open dome points above us, and a particularly bright source causes the mirror to glint with a cross-shaped pattern.
      Rubin at night
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