University of Washington researchers are focused on a celestial light show with the groundbreaking Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

In the bone-dry heights of Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists have just flipped the switch on a machine that could rewrite the story of the universe. Perched atop the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is the ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission is mapping the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, turning raw space data into a public tool for ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has produced a new image of the Bullet Cluster, which is a titanic collision between ...

Sculptor—officially labeled NGC 253—is considered a starburst galaxy, one heavy with stellar action. It's located 11 million light-years away in the Southern Hemisphere's constellation Sculptor, and ...

On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...

An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.

L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.