On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...

The Louisiana observatory that made a historic scientific breakthrough by detecting gravitational waves from black holes in ...

A set of 10 stamps to mark the history and achievements of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, has been released by Royal Mail.

Following a multimillion-dollar expansion program in recent times, sudden harsh science cuts are challenging America’s ...

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden ...

A team of international astronomers has uncovered what may be a gas giant planet forming around a distant young star. Using ...

Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful ...

In addition to the TMT, proposed federal funding cuts threaten the world-class Keck and Gemini observatories, the solar ...

Holley Short succeeds Sarah Sargent, who served as the observatory's executive director since its founding in 2018.

Southern China can expect hot weather early next week, but conditions are likely to become unstable later, observatory says.