“The best estimates suggest Rubin should detect between 5 and 50 ISOs over its 10 year survey, stemming from the ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to detect up to 50 interstellar visitors in the coming years, giving a boost to astronomy ...

A new telescope equipped with the world's largest digital camera will collect more astronomical data in a single year than all others combined.

Scientists and astronomers are racing to study only the third-ever known interstellar visitor to the solar system, but with a powerful new observatory coming online, these enigmatic objects may soon ...

While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in orbit, the first images by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory revealed 2,000 ...

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

On top of Cerro Pachón, a Chilean mountain that reaches more than 2600 metres above sea level, the air is thin. I have to catch my breath as we climb the stairs inside the dome of the Vera C. Rubin ...

With no light pollution nearby, the night skies around the Vera Rubin Observatory glow in brilliant colors in this timelapse photo. Astronomers are also using these telescopes to study dark energy as ...

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 ...

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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 ...