The telescope will be able to take an image every 30 seconds and its “brain”—a piece of software known as the scheduler—will use machine-learning algorithms to automatically work out the ...

More than 100 astronomers, astronomy students, and curiosity-filled lovers of the night skies gathered on Monday in Columbia’s Havemeyer Hall to celebrate the release of images from the Vera C. Rubin ...

Some of the first images of space captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile were released earlier this week. In Seattle, researchers and students at the University of Washington gathered to ...

Finding a Saturn-sized world around the young star TWA 7 could pave the way for the Webb space telescope’s direct observation of other exoplanets.

Now the new South Pole Telescope data, when combined with data from Atacama Cosmology Telescope, set a new standard—a moment many in the field have been waiting for, the scientists said. Space-based ...

Posted: June 25, 2025 | Last updated: June 25, 2025 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has captured a stunning view of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A).

The NICER telescope developed a light leak in May 2023 when several thin thermal shields were damaged and let in sunlight that made the telescope useless during daylight hours.

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The Rubin telescope, featuring a 3,200-megapixel camera, promises to see more galaxies than ever before.

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and millions of glittering galaxies.

James Webb Telescope Spots Planet Formation in Harshest Known Galactic Environments JWST detects planet-forming disk in extreme radiation zones, challenging old planet-formation theories.

A state-of-the-art telescope nearly 25 years in the making will finally reveal its first images on Monday, June 23, and you can watch the event in realtime. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, perched atop ...