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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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  • Illustrated infographic describing the four main science areas of Rubin Observatory. The title text reads "One Observatory - Boundless Discoveries. NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Key Science Areas." The observatory is a boot-shaped building at center with angular dome open to the night sky above, and long white service building pointing left. Clockwise from the lower left, The four science areas and associated text are:
    Rubin Key Science Areas
  • Illustrated infographic describing the four main science areas of Rubin Observatory. The title text reads "One Observatory - Boundless Discoveries. NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Key Science Areas." The observatory is a boot-shaped building at center with angular dome open to the night sky above, and long white service building pointing left. Clockwise from the lower left, The four science areas and associated text are: "Dark Matter & Dark Energy They make up 95% of our Universe, but what are they... and what are they doing? Rubin is a brand new tool to help us learn more about their nature & behavior. Milky Way Structure & Formation How did the Milky Way form and evolve? Rubin will help us make the best map of our home galaxy yet. Solar System Census What will a detailed inventory of our Solar System reveal that we couldn't see before? Rubin will show us millions of new asteroids and comets, and so much more. The Changing Sky What can we learn from dynamic events like pulsating stars and supernova explosions? Rubin will bring the night sky to life, yielding a treasure trove of discoveries."
    Rubin Key Science Areas
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    Map of Rubin Observatory data centers
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  • An illustration of a telescope inside an observatory dome observing the night sky. The telescope structure on the left is short and squat, somewhat vase-shaped with a rounded bottom. The sky it's observing is sprinkled with points representing stars. Three of the stars are larger and brighter with eight points, representing variable stars increasing in brightness. A set of cables run from the bottom of the telescope to two screens. The left screen shows an illustration of a light curve, a squiggling line showing increasing and decreasing brightness over time. The right screen shows a cutout illustration of a star and its interior, like an orange missing a slice.
    Rubin Observatory Observing Variable Stars
  • The Unknown Universe
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  • Illustrated graphic showing the elements of the Rubin Observatory education and outreach program. The graphic has a teal background with randomly arranged circles in different shades of teal. The Rubin Space Surveyors game logo is on the left. In the top center are three circular illustrated icons representing the education program. The icons are a solar system, a supernova with outgoing light rays, and a black and white galaxy with a colored paint stroke through the middle. In the bottom center, five trading cards feature different people. In the top right, a laptop displays the Rubin website. In the bottom right, four still frames from animated videos are layered on top of each other.
    EPO Program Rollout Image
  • Illustration of Rubin Observatory detecting supernovae in the night sky. The observatory is a boot-shaped building at bottom-right, with long white service building and tall angular dome. A cottony band extends from lower left to upper right, representing the denser stars of our home galaxy's core region. Scattered in the sky are larger white points representing the exploding supernovae, and Rubin's square-shaped view captures a small portion of sky (and some supernovae) above the observatory).
    Artist’s Illustration of Rubin Observatory Capturing Supernovae
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  • Illustration of the LSST Camera focal plane detector, which is made of 189 square CCD chips arranged in a square shape that's missing the corners. An illustrated full moon is shown for scale, covering just less than a 3x3 grid of the 189 CCD chips, or about 1/20th of the entire detector.
    LSST Camera focal plane diagram
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    Animation of Vera C. Rubin
  • Illustrated map showing Rubin Observatory's location in Chile. The left third shows all of North and South America colored in teal. A white box in the lower third of South America zooms into the central part of Chile, shown in more detail in the central third of the graphic. In the upper half of the zoomed view, to the right of the city of La Serena, another white box outline zooms into the region showing the location of Cerro Pachón (where Rubin is located) to the southeast of the neighboring Cerro Tololo.
    Rubin Observatory's location
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