"We have discovered a galaxy that has been 'perfectly preserved' for billions of years, a true archaeological find that tells ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Powered by the largest digital camera ever built, Rubin Observatory has taken its first images—millions of stars and galaxies ...

Seen as a long strand with smaller threads branching, the Quipu superstructure contains 68 galaxy clusters spanning 1.4 ...

The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area ...

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...

For years, astronomers have been working to piece together the story of our universe, but the critical early chapters ...

What would happen if you put a baseball-sized piece of neutron star on the Earth? Would it fall to the core of the Earth and ...

Named for the pioneering astronomer Vera Rubin, whose work on galaxy rotation helped prove the existence of dark matter, the ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

A faint radio glow reveals a million-light-year halo enveloping one of the earliest galaxy clusters, hinting that energetic ...

Nowadays, the dark of night is interspersed with the light of stars. But before the stars were born, did light shine at the ...