The world is set to witness a new era in astronomy as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils its first images on June 23, 2025. The highly anticipated "First Look" event will be live streamed globally at 11:00 a.m. EDT via YouTube, with hundreds of watch parties hosted at planetariums, universities, and museums around the world. Links to the livestreams will be posted on the official Rubin Observatory website (rubinobservatory.org).

Located atop Cerro Pachón in Chile, the Rubin Observatory boasts the largest digital camera ever built—capable of capturing ultra-high-definition images so detailed they could reveal a golf ball from 25 kilometers away. Over the next decade, the observatory will repeatedly scan the entire southern sky every three to four nights, creating the most comprehensive time-lapse record of the cosmos ever assembled.

The First Look event marks the launch of the observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), promising to revolutionize our understanding of the universe. Spectacular images and videos released during the event will showcase the observatory’s extraordinary capabilities, setting the stage for unprecedented discoveries about asteroids, variable stars, supernovae, and the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.