The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's primary mirror is 8.4 meters in diameter, which makes it one of the largest optical ...

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Identifying the formation period of planetary systems, such as our solar system, could be the beginning of the journey to ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy material, the ingredients of planets," according to NASA's Goddard Space ...

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera at the $810 million 18-storey Vera C. Rubin observatory in Chile, named after the US astronomer who ...

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Given just how big space is, the solar system seems like it shouldn't be too mysterious. But there are actually plenty of ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...

Simushir is part of the Kuril Islands, comprising 50 volcanic islands in the North Pacific Ocean. It stretches for eight ...

A Martian volcano, Arsia Mons, rises above the clouds in a newly released panoramic image captured by the Mars Odyssey ...

The dust cloud around the Ring Nebula is composed of tiny grains of amorphous silicate, a glass-like substance, according to ...

Although volcanic eruptions may seem like a distant worry for many of us, about 10 percent of the world’s population lives within striking distance of a volcano.This includes those living in the U.S., ...