Since its founding in 1894, Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff has been a beacon of astronomical discovery, its scientists famously identifying Pluto and revealing the expanding universe. Now, Lowell ...

While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in orbit, the first images by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory revealed 2,000 ...

Griffith Observatory will celebrate its 91st anniversary Thursday with the launch of a new digital guide designed to help ...

This offers us a glimpse of the discovery surge scientists expect to occur once full operations begin.

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 ...

With the completion of its observatory in the mountains of New Mexico, Astronomy magazine takes a step forward in its ability to remotely observe and image the sky. “I’m thrilled to finally be ...

The first dazzling images have been released from the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory, capturing the night sky “like never before.” The snapshots ...

On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Perched high in the Chilean Andes, the observatory ...