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

A vast filament of gas stretching across the cosmos may help solve the mystery of the Universe’s missing matter. Astronomers ...

Researchers have created digital copies of our galaxy, the Milky Way, to better understand one of the Universe's greatest mysteries: dark matter. These virtual twins are the result of the ...

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

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

The camera already captured millions of galaxies and stars, as well as thousands of asteroids in initial test observations.

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

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

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor.

Rubin’s completion converged with technological advancements that are poised to spread the data it produces far and wide to ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission is mapping the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, turning raw space data into a public tool for ...

NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...