Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the universe in unprecedented detail, from violent cosmic collisions to faraway nebulas.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which houses a telescope with the largest digital camera ever built, has revealed its first images.

They’ve turned on the sky. That’s the effect of the first images unveiled from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory — a next-generation deep-space facility perched high atop Cerro Pachón in Chile. The observatory,