Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC)

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to launch its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time. After years of work by over 2,000 scientists and engineers worldwide, this survey will reshape our view of the dynamic Universe. What’s unfolding now, and what Universe will LSST reveal?

The second in our 2026 lecture series was a sold out event at the De Anza College Planetarium

Much of our understanding of cosmology is anchored in observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the oldest light in our Universe. An ongoing major upgrade to the Simons Observatory will soon allow us to survey the sky faster and more sensitively, allowing us to pierce deeper into the static CMB while simultaneously capturing the transient events that make up our dynamic Universe.