Update June 23, 2025, 11:40 A.M. CDT: Additional images and videos showing our dynamic universe have now been released! What do photos from the largest digital camera ever built look like? Now we know ...

A powerful new observatory has unveiled its first images to the public, showing off what it can do as it gets ready to start its main mission: making a vivid time-lapse video of the night sky that ...

The first "stunning" images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory were released this morning, capturing roughly 10 million galaxies, many of which have never been studied before. When you purchase ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos. The first spectacular images taken by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have been ...

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Editor’s Note (6/23/25): This story has been updated with additional imagery and details. Welcome to a mind-blowing new era of astronomy. The long-awaited Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a cutting-edge new ...

Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded observatory on a mountain in Chile will transform astronomy. In this image ...

Looking almost like a watercolour painting, this stunning photograph of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was taken by Yuri Beletsky on 19 January from ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. The comet poses next ...

What do photos from the largest digital camera ever built look like? Now we know, with the first images released from The National Science Foundation–U.S. Department of Energy Vera C. Rubin ...