Every year, all telescopes on Earth and in space combined discover around 20,000 new asteroids. In just its first ten hours of activity, a single new observatory discovered 2,104 asteroids, or in ...

Astronomers are about to begin making a time lapse of the night sky using the largest digital camera ever constructed. Designed to reveal any new or moving point of light as well as the structure of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists and astronomers are racing to study only the third-ever known interstellar visitor to the solar system, but with a ...

On June 23, 2025, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory revealed its first images to the wider scientific community and the general public. Beyond their aesthetic value, these truly stunning images ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory sits on a cliffside in Chile's ...

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 ...

The record-breaking asteroid, about the length of eight football fields, made one complete rotation in 1.88 minutes. Determining this asteroid’s rotating speed allowed the astronomers to determine its ...

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 ...

Out in the Chilean Atacama Desert, the observatory has a clearer view thanks to no light pollution. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The long-exposure image shows just how fast the Simonyi Survey Telescope moves. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...

In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last Milky Way core-collapse supernova seen by humans was about 1,000 years ago.

The NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory has officially begun its journey to map the universe, and it started with a remarkable feat: capturing over 4,000 asteroids, including 2,100 brand new discoveries, in ...