The South Pole Telescope has released its most precise image yet of the universe’s first light—the cosmic microwave background. This new ground-based data confirms cosmic expansion anomalies and ...

The largest and brightest is an enormous supergiant star about 100 times the mass of the Sun and five million times brighter.

Galaxy merger Arp-Madore 417-391 is on display in this new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for ...

L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured the stunning Sombrero Galaxy (M104), known for its bright central bulge and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we've had in ...

How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...

The Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543), captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, resembles the eerie eye of Sauron from *The Lord of ...

With advancement of space tech, photographs clicked from space over the years illuminate distant worlds in stunning detail.

After more than two decades of planning and building, the world's largest digital camera at the heart of the Vera C. Rubin ...