The Vera Rubin Observatory sits atop the mountain Cerro Pachón in northern Chile.

Detailed photos from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed that the recently discovered interstellar ...

Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as an interstellar ...

While orbiting telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope give researchers a unique view of ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are ...

The university’s critical contribution allows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to fulfill its mission as a high-tech research tool that is revolutionizing how we explore worlds beyond our own.

Many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these outdoor lighting from roads, buildings and elsewhere could ...

The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system. But with the Rubin Observatory now scanning ...

In just its first ten hours of activity, a single new observatory discovered 2,104 asteroids, or 10% of the entire ...

Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...

Chile's Vera Rubin observatory is named for the astronomer who changed the way we think about how galaxies move.