At the summit of Cerro Pachón, one of Earth’s most powerful telescopes is now capturing some of the oldest light in the ...

The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

A massive filament of hot gas connecting four galaxy clusters has been found by astronomers. The thread may hold part of the ...

With 3200 megapixels and a mission to scan the sky every 40 seconds, the Vera Rubin Observatory is set to transform space ...

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 ...

After re-entry, the memorial capsules will land in the Pacific Ocean, where they will be recovered and returned to families.

The first batch of test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is scheduled to be released Monday at 11:30 a.m., followed ...

Families, musicians and science-enthusiasts gathered at the UK's largest radio telescope to celebrate our closest star ...

On June 13, 2024, astronomers using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) detected an extraordinarily brief flash of radio waves, lasting less than 30 nanoseconds and peaking at ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest the cosmos may be much older than once believed. For ...

Study reveals that high-energy cosmic rays are born in magnetic fields during neutron star mergers, a prelude to black holes.