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

The NICER telescope developed a light leak in May 2023 when several thin thermal shields were damaged and let in sunlight ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first image release includes a 'staggering' view of 10 million galaxies in and around the ...

The observatory is named after Vera Rubin , an American astronomer, because she was a "trailblazing" astronomer, according to the facility's website, which noted Rubin "found conclusive evidence of ...

A sweat-drenched crowd at a Wallace Wade Stadium watch party gathered to see the first images from the Vera Rubin Observatory ...

These cosmic filaments contain 12 trillion solar masses of 10-million-degree gas, helping solve the "missing matter" mystery.

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 ...

Starting at a welcome table at the base of the dune, visitors will stroll through a lantern-lit one-mile trail up to the dune ...

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

They’ve turned on the sky.That’s the effect of the first images unveiled from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory — a ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

Universe's 'missing' matter found! "This is a unique opportunity to learn how the universe's first light emerged from the ...