Answers to those questions could come from a telescope with the world’s largest digital camera, a project with initial ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a colorful view of the famous Trifid and Lagoon nebulas illuminated from within by radiation cast out by generations of energetic young stars.

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

In just over 10 hours of test observations, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured millions of celestial objects, opening the ...

Featuring never-before-seen views of galaxies and more than 2,100 newly discovered asteroids, the observations are only a ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

Learn more about how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture more of our stunning universe.

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a spectacular image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) shining close to the dark shape of the Seahorse Nebula.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a colorful view of the famous Trifid and Lagoon nebulas illuminated from within by radiation cast out by generations of energetic young stars. The 100 ...

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

Here, we delve into the first images taken by Rubin's telescope and what they are already showing us ... The stunning pink and blue clouds in this image are the Lagoon (lower left) and Trifid (upper ...