By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded ...

The Rubin Observatory's enormous datasets call for cloud computing, seven different "brokers" and, indeed, a butler of sorts.

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a ...

The camera, now bolted to the end of a giant telescope at the Rubin Observatory, is expected to shoot photos of 20 billion ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

Stargazers can see the universe like never before when the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils its first images from the ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first images, providing a staggering glimpse at the observing power it will unleash when it begins its decade-long survey.

The winning images show scientists in cold and warmer climates. One features researchers boring an ice core in the archipelago of Svalbard, while another shows a biologist holding tiny froglets in ...

Armed with the world's largest digital camera, this observatory's first light is bound to be one for the textbooks.

The winning images of Nature's 2025 Scientist At Work competition highlight the diverse and challenging environments in which scientists conduct fieldwork, including tracking whales in Norwegian ...