The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of ...

Credit: NASA Using images from a NASA telescope, three amateur scientists discovered a star-like object sprinting through space — so fast, in fact, it'll whiz right out of the Milky Way.

Internet users can't get enough of an adorable cat whose tongue is perpetually hanging out of his mouth due to having so many of his teeth removed. Otis the 8-month-old cat has captured hearts ...

As the data from each image is quickly shuffled to the observatory’s computer servers, the telescope will pivot to the next patch of sky, taking a picture every 40 seconds or so. It will do that ...

Great egrets were found to disperse in all directions, while the plumed egrets all migrated north, and one was tracked flying almost 2,400km over several months before settling near the town of Kalo.

These dark sky sanctuaries, reserves, parks, and trails invite you to immerse yourself in the wonders of our night skies. Here’s where to go. Both urban and rural areas are darkening their skies ...

Meyer captured the ancient light cast out by the Lagoon and Trifid Nebula over 34 hours in May 2025, while observing under the near-pristine dark skies of Arizona, a little north of Ash Fork ...

Capturing the night sky one star at a time. As an astrophotographer, I combine science, patience, and creativity to reveal the hidden beauty of the universe—from distant galaxies to nebulae ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic ...

Major telescope hosts world’s largest digital camera: how it will transform astronomy Massive telescope will map the Universe and provide an evolving record of the Solar System and distant stars.