The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

The view of Earth from space is a sight that’s historically been reserved for a select few. So far, just a handful of specially trained astronauts and billionaires have been able to watch the ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The far side of the moon remained a mystery until 1959, when the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft returned the first images. Since ...

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...

So far astronomers have discovered nearly 6,000 exoplanets—worlds that orbit stars other than our sun. If that number already feels ridiculously large, you’d better brace yourself ...

Astronomers have determined that our nearest neighbor is gradually inching away from us. The Weather Channel reports that the Earth’s moon is moving further away from our planet, albeit at an ...

It wasn’t until 1959 when the Soviet Luna 3 probe gave us our first glimpse of the Moon’s far side, and it wasn’t until 2019 when the Chang’e 4 mission made the first soft landing.