Astronomers looking at Vera C. Rubin Observatory test data have discovered 'Aquarius IV', a brand new satellite galaxy of the ...

The near-real-time alert system will enable scientists around the world to coordinate follow-up observations like never before Among the first alerts are detections of supernovae, variable stars, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The newly commissioned Vera C. Rubin Observatory has issued 800,000 astronomy alerts in just one night — a staggering number of ...

Newswise — As part of the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory First Look event in June 2025, Rubin announced that it had observed thousands of asteroids cruising about our Solar System, about 1900 of ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has identified Aquarius IV, an extremely faint satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, ...

A powerful new telescope in South America is already offering tantalizing hints of what it can do. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory began studying the heavens from a Chilean mountaintop last spring, and ...

Tens of terabytes of data a night. Up to 10 million alerts flagging changes in the sky. 20 billion galaxies and 20 billion ...

This 1.7-gigapixel view of the constellation Lupus was captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The image showcases the telescope’s unmatched range, resolving individual stars and faint dust within ...

An artist’s conception zeroes in on a main-belt asteroid called 2025 MN45, which makes a full rotation in less than two minutes. (Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA / P.

Over the next ten years, a groundbreaking facility in northern Chile will capture a full view of the southern sky every three days, allowing us to see the universe in unprecedented detail. The Vera C.

The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) hasn't yet begun its much-anticipated Legacy Survey of Space and Time. But it saw its first light in June 2025, when it captured its Virgo First Look images as part of ...

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer—a feat uniquely enabled by Rubin. The study provides ...