With the ability to scan the entire southern night sky every three days, the huge Vera C. Rubin Observatory could be about to ...

We have never had such a big telescope imaging so wide and so deep,” remarked Anais Möller, an astrophysicist at Swinburne ...

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

The nature and evolution of stars, galaxies, galaxy clusters, dark matter and dark energy—and our attempts to understand these things—allow us to pose the ultimate questions and reach for the ultimate ...

How the pioneering scientist, and namesake of an enormous new telescope, forced astronomers to rethink the universe.

This might sound like an obvious thing for a professional stargazer to say. But astrophysicist Federica Bianco was reacting ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...

The advent of large-scale surveys like ZTF has resulted in an unprecedented amount of astronomical data. When the soon-to-be ...

Astronomers are on the verge of a groundbreaking leap in our understanding of the solar system, thanks to the highly ...

Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful ...

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden ...

First look images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, set to be unveiled June 23, will be a promising addition to astronomy ...