This new image of NGC 4449, building on Hubble’s 2007 release, combines data from multiple programs to reveal its ...

Astronomers have found a new way of accurately mapping the outer gas disk of the Milky Way using the positions of young stars ...

Astronomers have revealed the first images from “the most ambitious astronomical survey to date” – a mission that will ...

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

The camera, now bolted to the end of a giant telescope at the Rubin Observatory, is expected to shoot photos of 20 billion ...

The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

Based in Cerro Pachón in the Andes, the Vera C Rubin Observatory contains the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) – the largest camera ever built. Taking almost two decades to build, the 3200 ...

A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometers every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said ...