As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark ...

Gaia, Europe’s Milky Way–mapping spacecraft, shut down earlier this year. It was arguably the most important—and most ...

The Vera C. Rubin observatory will host a “first look” event at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, June 23. You can watch it live right ...

Despite its abundance, dark matter remains one of the most elusive components in cosmology. Astronomers hope that the Roman ...

While Bianco will be present in Washington for the historic first-look event, UD is hosting a watch party in Room 101 of ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is releasing its first images on 23 June, showing us galaxies as we’ve never seen them before. Here’s how you can join a party to see those shots in full definition ...

“This will mark the beginning of a new era in astronomy and astrophysics,” the Rubin team announced ahead of the unveiling.

For decades, scientists have been searching for something strange: a huge portion of the universe’s ordinary matter seemed to ...

Bright flashes of enigmatic radio waves have helped illuminate some of the missing matter in the universe, astronomers say in ...

Just 500 light years away, the Chamaeleon Complex, and in particular its dark cloud Chamaeleon I, is a hotbed of young, ...

The smaller particles could in fact be more harmful as they can get through the body's natural defenses and cause significant health problems.