UT-Austin just took a big step in its process of building one of the largest telescopes in the world as the Giant Magellan Telescope is moving into its final design phase to get federal funding ...

Using the Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, astronomers have performed a chemical study of a globular ...

The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...

After decades of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to begin a 10-year survey of the southern ...

A powerful new telescope in Chile is set to transform astronomy, and its first pictures of stellar nurseries and galaxies have just been unveiled ...

The Rubin Observatory sits on the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile, with the digital camera scanning the sky to create an ...

Featuring never-before-seen views of galaxies and more than 2,100 newly discovered asteroids, the observations are only a taste of what to expect from the telescope's upcoming decade-long survey ...

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

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

The University of Arizona is making significant strides in the field of astronomy with a key milestone in the construction of ...

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

Vera Rubin Observatory has an ideal position atop Cerro Pachón in Chile and is predicted to be the most effective observatory.