When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Rubin Observatory could be a game-changer for asteroid studies. These are some of the over ...

Like cool pictures of the cosmos? You came to the right place. It's called the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and even though it’s located in Chile, it's funded and operated by the U.S. government. In a ...

In an era where the mysteries of the universe are becoming increasingly accessible, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) junior physics major Joao Passos is making significant strides in understanding ...

Perched high in the foothills of Chile’s Andes mountains, a revolutionary new space telescope has just taken its first pictures of the cosmos—and they’re spectacular. Astronomers are excited about the ...

Every year, all telescopes on Earth and in space combined discover around 20,000 new asteroids. In just its first ten hours of activity, a single new observatory discovered 2,104 asteroids, or in ...

The central question posed by 3I/ATLAS is not whether life exists elsewhere in the universe, but how many worlds similar to ...

This image shows a small section of the Rubin Observatory’s view of the Virgo Cluster, including two spiral galaxies at lower right, three merging galaxies at upper right, several groups of distant ...

The National Science Foundation just shared the first images captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a sample of the footage it'll capture as part of a planned decade-long survey that's starting ...

The glowing light shows the intricate details that make this cutting-edge telescope work. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Named ...

Out in the Chilean Atacama Desert, the observatory has a clearer view thanks to no light pollution. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

When the first confirmed interstellar visitor, 'Oumuamua, tumbled through our solar system in 2017, it left a trail of ...