We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

Vera Cooper grew up gazing at the night sky from the window of a D.C. townhouse in the 1930s, when her teachers told the ...

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

A powerful new telescope will usher in a new era of cosmic discovery, but in a political climate vastly different from when ...

Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded ...

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...

Stargazers can see the universe like never before when the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils its first images from the ...

Astronomers face a data deluge from observatories like Vera Rubin — simulated skies may be key to training algorithms to keep ...

While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. SCIENCE; These are the first images from Earth’s giant new telescope.