More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

For years, astronomers have been working to piece together the story of our universe, but the critical early chapters ...

A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...

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

The first deep space images from a mountaintop observatory in Chile have scientists excited for what they could soon learn ...

Unlike galaxies with active supermassive black holes, the bright source near NGC 5530’s center is actually a nearby star in ...

This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is ...

Explore the UGC 10214, the Tadpole Galaxy, a faint, peculiar spiral galaxy in Draco with a dramatic tidal tail and active ...

New research shows galaxies bursting with stars for the first time—offering rare insight into how the Milky Way began.