The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile captured spectacular images at an 'unprecedented scale' during a 10-hour test run. The capabilities of the world's largest telescope were made public by ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope team explains how the observatory will help solve the mysteries of the cosmos including the search for life.

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

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's primary mirror is 8.4 meters in diameter, which makes it one of the largest optical ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first images, unveiling galaxies, nebulae and over 2,000 new asteroids.

Scientists unveiled the first images from what they are calling “the greatest astronomical discovery machine ever built," and ...

The largest digital camera ever built, it will photograph the entire southern sky in three nights. In just one night, it found 1,200 unknown asteroids.

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

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 ...

The arrival of those photons—many from ancient stars and galaxies and which had been travelling across the universe for ...

Breathtaking, swirling, multicolored galaxies and star-forming regions were revealed Monday in the first images of deep space captured by the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile.