Powered by the largest digital camera ever built, Rubin Observatory has taken its first images—millions of stars and galaxies ...

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

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

A new study has uncovered a connection between solar flares—sudden outbursts of radiation from stars—and short-term weather ...

To make a truly realistic fake picture of a galaxy, you can model exactly how light particles travel through the atmosphere ...

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Scientists are peering into the universe's mysterious Cosmic Dawn using the faint whispers of hydrogen radio waves emitted over 13 billion years ago. These signals, particularly the elusive ...

For years, astronomers have been working to piece together the story of our universe, but the critical early chapters ...