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

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

The largest digital camera ever built has released its first shots of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on ...

The 100 light-year-long form of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) can be found dominating the lower section of Meyer's image, with the dense starfield near the Milky Way's core serving as a backdrop for ...

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

Astronomers celebrated the release of the first images from the Rubin Observatory — and registered hundreds of its first ...

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.

The Lagoon Nebula is a stellar nursery, a region in space where new stars are constantly being formed. Located around 4,000 light years away, this nebula sits near the constellation Sagittarius ...

This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or ...

The 100 light-year-long form of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) can be found dominating the lower section of Meyer's image, with the dense starfield near the Milky Way's core serving as a backdrop ...