Objects from space are crashing into Earth’s atmosphere all the time. They just don’t always happen with the perfect timing ...

Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System - only the third to be found.

All eyes are on Comet 3I/Atlas as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

This observatory was built to help scientists and astronomers to study the cosmos, and just in its first moments online, it ...

The Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will take ultra-high-resolution images of the southern hemisphere night sky every three ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, in Chile, saw its first photon a few months ago, a monumental event 25 years in the making. Senior Editor Evan Ackerman’s journey to Chile, to see the observatory and ...

The ultra-rare object is travelling at about 245,000 kilometres an hour and will fly deep into the solar system, skimming past Mars.

The VRO is a project jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of ...

After years of preparation, U.K. astronomers are celebrating a major milestone as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals its first dazzling images of the night sky. This marks the beginning of the most ...

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

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