The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we've had in ...

In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of ...

The most abundant atom in the universe – the major component in the clouds of dust and gas in which stars form – is hydrogen.

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

Later this year, the Rubin Observatory will launch its Legacy Survey of Space and Time. This 10-year project aims to scan the ...

In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

Moons and other matter More than 150 moons orbit worlds in our solar system. Known as natural satellites, they orbit planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and other debris.

On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

It's difficult to overstate just how surprisingly early to the party this water may have been. “This suggests that water, the ...

The molecular cloud’s proximity to Earth provides a unique opportunity to study how solar systems form, Burkhart said. “Our discovery of Eos is exciting because we can now directly measure how ...

Where fashion intersects with the universe, the catwalk gets a lot longer — and considerably more theatrical. Picture creating costumes not for supermodels, but for planets. Gowns for galaxies.

Everything you see in the sky – stars and galaxies, planets and moons, asteroids and comets, black holes and neutron stars, star clusters and nebulae – are yours to explore at the press of a ...