After more than a decade under construction, the Vera Rubin Observatory has released its first images, which contain millions of galaxies. These first images are only the brief, initial glimpse of the ...

A new telescope equipped with the world's largest digital camera will collect more astronomical data in a single year than all others combined.

The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we’ve had in a long time. For Big Picture enthusiasts like myself, such an ...

This image captures a small section of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s view of the Virgo Cluster, offering a vivid glimpse of the variety in the cosmos. Visible are two prominent spiral galaxies, ...

With no light pollution nearby, the night skies around the Vera Rubin Observatory glow in brilliant colors in this timelapse photo. Astronomers are also using these telescopes to study dark energy as ...

Space exploration has taken a massive stride forward with the Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile. The telescope in this facility would supposedly capture space with precision like never before, and ...

When the first confirmed interstellar visitor, 'Oumuamua, tumbled through our solar system in 2017, it left a trail of ...

While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in orbit, the first images by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory revealed 2,000 ...

The glowing light shows the intricate details that make this cutting-edge telescope work. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Named ...