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

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 ...

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

Everything in space—from Earth and the sun to black holes—accounts for just 15% of all matter in the universe. The rest of ...

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 ...

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

The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its extraordinary ability to map the universe in ...

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 ...

Perched atop Cerro Pachón in Chile, the newly-commissioned Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released some highly exciting first ...

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.