World's largest digital camera observes cosmos, capturing detailed images of galaxies, asteroids, and stars changing ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission, which launched in March 2025, is poised to transform our understanding of the universe. By creating ...

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.

The world’s largest digital camera has revealed its first images. The size of a small car, the Legacy Survey of Space and ...

L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.

The camera already captured millions of galaxies and stars, as well as thousands of asteroids in initial test observations.

The Santa Barbara Museum of (SBMNH), on June 25, hosted a First Look event in partnership with Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO), ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

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