The biggest and best movie of the universe began production this week—at the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, rather than in Hollywood. This unique telescope is using the world’s largest ...

Using the world’s largest digital camera, Rubin will create the most comprehensive record of the universe to date.

A new study by a doctoral researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, suggests global dust storms on Mars may organize the Martian atmosphere ...

A gas giant planet called WD 1856b, orbiting the burned-out core of a dead, sun-like star. And in a new study published today in Nature, researchers report an even wilder discovery: Not only is WD ...

The Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun a 10-year sky survey, using the world’s largest digital camera to find asteroids, supernovae and anything else that moves.

Rubin is now capturing a new detailed image approximately every 40 seconds, covering faint objects, as well as fleeting ...

The largest digital camera ever built is starting to capture images of unseen corners of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin ...

On Jan. 26, 2026, the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Maunakea crossed an important threshold for time-domain astronomy. For the ...

The project is expected to enable pioneering discoveries by scientists around the world, and ultimately deliver a time-lapse ...

Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: if we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with ...

"With the launch of the ten-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, the Rubin Observatory is opening a new window on the ...