Utah County is jam-packed with 4th of July celebrations for the whole family to enjoy.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, in Chile, saw its first photon a few months ago, a monumental event 25 years in the making. Senior Editor Evan Ackerman’s journey to Chile, to see the observatory and ...

NASA's SPHEREx mission will map the entire sky in 102 different wavelengths, or colors, of infrared light. This image of the ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of supernova SNR 0509-67.5 with the European Southern ...

Three new full-dome movies will highlight the July schedule at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium.

After years of preparation, U.K. astronomers are celebrating a major milestone as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals its first dazzling images of the night sky. This marks the beginning of the most ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and they’re stunning—vast, ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has revealed its first imagery, which will be followed by more detailed observations to gain a ...

Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a ...

The decade-long wait for U.K. astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals dazzling first images.

What we saw in the DESI experiments, and now strengthened by our South Pole Telescope observations, is that dark energy is ...