On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

With 3.2 billion pixels and a decade-long search, the Rubin Observatory will reveal what’s been hiding in plain sight.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the US National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy's Office of ...

A group of astronomers from across the globe have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects ...

CERRO PACHON, Chile - Driving up the mountain road to reach the U.S. National Science Foundation’s newest observatory in Chile, which will begin observations later this year, astronomer Beth ...

It's an evocative idea that has long bedeviled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system ...

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a joint project of the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, has been under construction for years — and later this month workers are ...

When we gaze up at a star-filled night sky, we often feel a sense of awe and wonder. But for scientists, those thousands of ...

The pioneering astronomer Vera Rubin is known globally for discovering powerful evidence of dark matter in the universe. But Rubin, who died Sunday at age 88, is also renowned for her passionate ...

NVIDIA in conjunction with the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California, has announced they will be building a new AI ...