Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

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 ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral ...

NASA has just released a new documentary about the most powerful space telescope ever built, and you can watch it now.

The world has gotten an early preview of the Rubin Observatory's first images, which include stunning snaps of spiraling ...

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...

In just over 10 hours of test observations, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured millions of celestial objects, opening the ...

For the study, the researchers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) to image the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), which is a spiral galaxy located just over 11 million ...

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...