May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, and a rare cosmic lineup. SCIENCE 9 reasons to look up this May ...

Rubin Observatory shared its first images with the world: stunning photographs of spiral galaxies, nebulas, and stars strung ...

This deep view of the Orion Constellation glows in reddish hues thanks to a filtered view of hydrogen alpha emission, a type ...

The first dazzling images have been released from the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy’s Vera C. Rubin ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, unveiled vibrant images Monday of colorful nebulas, stars ...

New Mexico night skies are quite a sight to see. With many clear nights, high elevations, and low light pollution, New Mexico is the perfect place to stargaze. According to the ...

Hipparchus’s star catalog is the oldest known attempt to document the positions of as many objects in the night sky as possible, and it was the first time that two coordinates were used to ...

The first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory showed off a breathtaking preview of its capabilities — capturing millions of stars and galaxies light-years from Earth, along with thousands ...

A powerful new telescope in Chile is set to transform astronomy, and its first pictures of stellar nurseries and galaxies have just been unveiled ...

The telescope has the largest digital camera ever made. It’s so precise that one image alone contains 10 million galaxies.

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.

ORLANDO, Fla. — For those who want to explore our neighboring planets but can’t afford a trip on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Orlando Science Center has a fun and closer alternative.