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

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

Rubin Observatory's highly anticipated first image release conference — and they each represented an asteroid that had just been discovered. It felt like witnessing something hugely profound, and ...

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Professional astronomers don't make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope.

The most powerful digital camera ever built has released its first pictures of the universe. Beautiful galaxies shine in the ...

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

In just 10 hours of observing the night sky, the powerful new telescope detected more than 2000 new asteroids, including a ...

Discover the first images from NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory and learn about what it's new mission is for space.

The most famous packing problem concerns spheres. In 1611, the astronomer Johannes Kepler proposed that the densest way to ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first images, providing a staggering glimpse at the observing power it will unleash when it begins its decade-long survey.