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 ...

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, ...

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

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

Another recent progress photo taken on April 14 using one of the live webcams on site captured the bright Milky Way flowing above the telescope's dome, illuminated by stars shining in the night ...

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

The Santa Barbara Museum of (SBMNH), on June 25, hosted a First Look event in partnership with Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO), ...

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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.

Another recent progress photo taken on April 14 using one of the live webcams on site captured the bright Milky Way flowing above the telescope's dome, illuminated by stars shining in the night ...

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