And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

The first images from the telescope were released earlier this week, and it uses a 3,200-megapixel camera the size of a car.

The NICER telescope developed a light leak in May 2023 when several thin thermal shields were damaged and let in sunlight ...

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

Eventually, telescopes rise in the distance, the sun glinting off their metal domes. The newest eye on the cosmos is the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which houses the largest digital camera ever built .

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

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.

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

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A large heat dome will dominate the weather pattern across the eastern two-thirds of the nation into late June and will ...

Illuminated only by moonlight, the futuristic dome of the 4.3m Lowell Discovery Telescope shimmers against the inky blackness of the night sky. Credit: David J. Eicher.