The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to discover 50+ interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS. Explore how new 3,200MP camera ...

A new telescope equipped with the world's largest digital camera will collect more astronomical data in a single year than all others combined.

The year’s most memorable moments from astronomy and space exploration include a double-detonating supernova, a private moon ...

The Lagoon Nebula and the Trifid Nebula above the Pterosaur-Yardang Dahaidao Scenic Area in Hami, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Sept 22. [Photo by Liu Kai / for chinadaily.com.cn] ...

Trifid and Lagoon: This image combines 678 separate images taken at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Combining many images reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as clouds of gas and dust ...

Among the wondrous objects that lie along the plane of the Milky Way is a faint fuzzy patch of light located to the west and slightly north of the top star of the “bow” of the constellation of ...

Skywatching summer’s celestial firmament is awe-inspiring throughout the entire season, but observing beneath August’s skies is particularly gratifying. August is when it all comes together, when the ...

Emission nebulae are the subject of many of the most spectacular astrophotographs published in the last decade. Although there are many subcategories of nebulae, they all consist of interstellar gas ...

The world's largest telescope captured a deep-space nebula — an interstellar cloud of gas and dust that can produce new stars — in stunning detail, providing the first close-up view to date of the ...

The first images from a new telescope in Chile were released this week, featuring extraordinarily detailed scenes from deep space. And more are expected to follow the debut series from the ...

This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or ...