Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

The nova V462 Lupi was first discovered on June 12 by the Ohio State University-led All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ...

Four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — will come together to form a "celestial ...

There will be three full moons during the summer. And the sky this season has a number of bright stars that form easily ...

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

In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

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 ...

The first videos released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveal thousands of drifting asteroids, hundreds of thousands of ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate. Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient ...