The Vera Rubin Observatory sits atop the mountain Cerro Pachón in northern Chile.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system. But with the Rubin Observatory now scanning ...

While orbiting telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope give researchers a unique view of ...

The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it. It's going to be fun." ...

Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...

The university’s critical contribution allows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to fulfill its mission as a high-tech research tool that is revolutionizing how we explore worlds beyond our own.

Chile's Vera Rubin observatory is named for the astronomer who changed the way we think about how galaxies move.

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

Some observatories that used to be dark and remote are now adjacent to bright urban centers. And sending all telescopes into ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are ...

The comet was discovered on July 1 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope. Knowing ...

Korean researchers studying topics ranging from cosmology to asteroid tracking are just beginning to immerse themselves in ...