Jee compared dark matter to crystal-clear water in a pond, with pebbles as the galaxies. “You cannot see the water unless there is wind, which causes ripples. Those ripples distort the shapes of the ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

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

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend over California when the Milky Way appears in the night ...

Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently zeroed in on the Bullet Cluster—delivering highly detailed images that show a ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...

Felton Davis offered thousands of strangers a close-up view of the Moon and planets orbiting New York City. Now he’s passing ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy last week officially began the decommissioning process for the UH-owned UKIRT ...

SpaceX early Saturday launched another 27 Starlink satellites, breaking it's own record by preparing the launchpad for ...