Detailed photos from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed that the recently discovered interstellar ...

A comet, now known as 3I/ATLAS, with 3I short for "third interstellar," sparked immediate excitement on July 1 when it was ...

Scientists at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, including some from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, broke ...

The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the ...

As astronomers rush to study a newly discovered comet from beyond our solar system, a powerful new observatory may turn rare ...

Chile's Vera Rubin observatory is named for the astronomer who changed the way we think about how galaxies move.

In its debut, the telescope turned its eye toward two familiar showstoppers in deep space: the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas in ...

The NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory has officially begun its journey to map the universe, and it started with a remarkable feat: ...

The US-funded Vera Rubin Observatory in the dry mountains of Chile includes the largest digital camera ever made, and ...

Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...

The first dazzling images have been released from the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory, capturing the night sky “like never before.” At such a critical ...

Located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, the world's most powerful digital camera is set to transform how we see the universe.