"The idea that they can somehow obliterate these sources is dead wrong — scientists in general and astronomers in particular ...

Featuring the world’s largest digital camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture these mysterious phenomena in more ...

To comply with Trump's executive order about DEI, a federally funded telescope project has altered the biography of its ...

Astronomers are expressing disappointment and alarm as the federally-funded Rubin Observatory altered the biography of renowned astronomer Vera Rubin, for whom the facility is named, on its website.

The Vera Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, will begin operating this year and survey the sky for 10 years, capturing a uniquely detailed image of the cosmos. Tony Tyson, ...

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Measuring distances across the universe is much more challenging than measuring distances on Earth. Is a brighter star closer to Earth than another, or is it just emitting more light? To make ...

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will soon begin scanning the southern hemisphere sky every night for ten years, covering the entire hemisphere approximately every few nights. Every time Rubin ...

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.