The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

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

In an extraordinary leap forward for astrophysics, astronomers have achieved a momentous breakthrough with the first direct ...

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

Sweeping views of nebulae and dancing galaxies prove the telescope’s enormous field of view and ultra-high-res capabilities.

NASA images: Our planet Earth is a part of a giant solar system, which itself is placed inside a humungous galaxy named the Milky Way. Our home galaxy is a large spiral galaxy with a star disk ...

The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's remarkable gifts 07:29. A "treasure trove" of stunning new images showing 19 spiral galaxies have been captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the European ...

"The best place for taking colorful pictures of nebulas and galaxies is a place where there's little background light pollution," Hamber said. Faint looking objects in the sky become more visible ...

The European South Observatory's Very Large Telescope and ALMA were used to capture this image of the "grand-design spiral galaxy" NGC 4254. ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/PHANGS.

image: ESO 510-G13, a curious lenticular galaxy about 150 million light years from us, in the direction of the Hydra constellation. view more . Credit: INAF/VST.