In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like this before. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.

The Vera Rubin telescope, which is set to open its eyes to the sky later this month, has a 26-foot-wide (8.4 meters) mirror, ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will make the study of stars and galaxies more like the big data-sorting exercises of ...

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

A brand-new, cutting-edge telescope called the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to release its first images to the world, ...

After more than 20 years of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready for its grand opening, and the ...

The Vera C. Rubin observatory will host a “first look” event at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, June 23. You can watch it live right ...

Enter the Vera C. Rubin Observatory that has been under construction ... The telescope features an 8.4-meter primary mirror with a three-mirror design that provides an exceptionally wide 3.5 ...

With the ability to scan the entire southern night sky every three days, the huge Vera C. Rubin Observatory could be about to ...

Astronomical images not only look beautiful, they also provide a wealth of information. What's behind it and what ...