Wake up, astronomers—the universe is calling. The astronomical observatory equipped with world’s largest camera hit a key ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory sent scientists nearly 1 million astronomy alerts in one night, showing off changes in the sky.

Rubin Observatory begins sending hundreds of thousands of nightly alerts as it prepares for its 10-year sky survey, tracking supernovae, asteroids, galaxies and other changing objects in near real ...

The first batch of alerts from the Vera Rubin Observatory drew attention to new asteroids, supernovae, and active galactic nuclei.

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

Gravitational lensing exposed a distant protocluster once seen as a faint smudge, revealing eleven dusty star-forming galaxies through combined ALMA and NSF VLA observations.

In an unprecedented step for South African astronomy, the largest optical telescope in the southern hemisphere is joining forces with a major global observatory to observe and analyse celestial events ...

The Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF) has officially acquired the Yerkes Observatory's collection of 180,000 astronomical glass plates from the University of Chicago. These glass plates, spanning from ...

A recent SpaceNews opinion article argued that it is time to “take astronomy off Earth.” The suggestion is straightforward: If satellite constellations and commercial space activity threaten ...

Chile is home to SOME of the world’s best skies — and some of the world’s most advanced instruments to observe them. From the radio telescope array charting complex chemistry in Titan’s atmosphere to ...

Situated at an impressive altitude of approximately 4,500 meters (14,764 feet), the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) is ...