By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

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

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...

With more Dark Sky Places than anywhere else in the world, Utah’s high deserts are giving visitors front-row seats to the ...

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

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a major new scientific facility jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

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

If the skies are clear, check out the Veil Nebula The Veil Nebula is the remnant of a supernova that exploded about 7,000 ...

Sh2-284 resides 15,000 light-years away at the end of an outer spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Monoceros ... Andersen; ESO/VPHAS+ Team Sh2-284 is an HII region, glowing as an ...

NGC 460 lies in a young region of stellar clusters and nebulae, home to brilliant O-type main-sequence stars—the hottest, ...