This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

Learn more about how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture more of our stunning universe.

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

Running Chicken Nebula is a stellar nursery located in the constellation Centaurus. See a 3D animation created from VLT Survey imagery of these stunning regions of space. Credit: Space.com | animation ...

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

A powerful new telescope in Chile is set to transform astronomy, and its first pictures of stellar nurseries and galaxies have just been unveiled ...

In its debut, the telescope turned its eye toward two familiar showstoppers in deep space: the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas in ...

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...

The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...