The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The arrival of those photons—many from ancient stars and galaxies and which had been travelling across the universe for ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is operational and will soon embark on its primary mission: to take a detailed image ...

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

Sweeping views of nebulae and dancing galaxies prove the telescope’s enormous field of view and ultra-high-res capabilities.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

The new observatory will allow astronomers to step through space and time like never before — these videos give us a taste of how.

Astronomy is following in the path of scientific fields like biology, which today is awash in DNA sequences, and particle physics, in which scientists must sift through torrents of debris from ...