In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...

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 ...

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 ...

The next Milky Way supernova may not surprise astronomers at all. According to a recent study available on the arXiv preprint server, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, ahead of its decade-long Legacy ...

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 ...

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 ...

On top of Cerro Pachón, a Chilean mountain that reaches more than 2600 metres above sea level, the air is thin. I have to catch my breath as we climb the stairs inside the dome of the Vera C. Rubin ...

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 glowing light shows the intricate details that make this cutting-edge telescope work. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Named ...

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 ...

Astronomers evaluate how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory can detect and localize the next Milky Way core-collapse supernova using neutrino alerts and optical surveys.