In a nutshell A massive supernova explosion 13,000 years ago may have triggered the Younger Dryas ice age by ... The research fundamentally changes how we view the forces shaping life on Earth.

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

Rubin Observatory begins 10-year sky survey to uncover dark matter, track asteroids, and build a detailed view of our ...

In its debut, the telescope turned its eye toward two familiar showstoppers in deep space: the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas in ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The Vera Rubin telescope, which is set to open its eyes to the sky later this month, has a 26-foot-wide (8.4 meters) mirror, ...

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...

Antares is a red supergiant star located 400 light-years from Earth. The waxing gibbous moon will shine close to the red star Antares in the constellation Scorpius on the night of June 9.

A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions in spectacular detail.