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

Even a speck of dust could alter the image quality. The high reflectivity and speed of this allow the telescope to capture a ...

After decades of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to begin a 10-year survey of the southern ...

In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of ...

At the summit of Cerro Pachón, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started its work.

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 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.

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

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