Scenes from nebulas in the Milky Way and a cluster of galaxies are a teaser of how the observatory will transform astronomy, ...

The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope, one of the largest telescopes ever built, is entering the final design phase and is expected to ...

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera at the $810 million 18-storey Vera C. Rubin observatory in Chile, named after the US astronomer who ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The U.S.-funded Rubin Observatory will chart the entire southern cosmos over the next decade.

To make a truly realistic fake picture of a galaxy, you can model exactly how light particles travel through the atmosphere ...

The images reveal breathtaking views of star-forming regions, including massive and colorful gas and dust clouds swirling 9,000 light-years from Earth. Located atop the summit of Cerro Pachón in ...

Later this year, the Rubin Observatory will launch its Legacy Survey of Space and Time. This 10-year project aims to scan the ...

Professional astronomers don't make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope. Instead, they collect digital ...

The galactic masterpiece combines over 100 exposures to reveal previously unseen features of stars in formation. The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making ...