The Vera Rubin Observatory sits atop the mountain Cerro Pachón in northern Chile.

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

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

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its groundbreaking 10-year astronomy mission.

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile recently captured rare footage of the visitor known as 3I/ATLAS — only the third interstellar object discovered. What’s more impressive: The observatory ...

While orbiting telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope give researchers a unique view of ...

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

A new telescope built to track fast-moving space objects in Chile has caught a comet from beyond the solar system across the sky. The Rubin Observatory captured the rare comet known as 31/Atlas, 10 ...

(Photo credit NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory) In a demonstration of the science platform for FedScoop, for example, O’Mullane made a query for images from May 22 of M49, a galaxy located 60 million ...

The Vara C. Rubin Observatory is perched on Chile's Cerro Pachon in the foothills of the Andes Mountains and stands as a doorway to exploring the women of Chilean astronomy.

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are ...