The university’s critical contribution allows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to fulfill its mission as a high-tech research tool that is revolutionizing how we explore worlds beyond our own.

Pulsating stars. Supernova explosions. Streaking asteroids. Far-off galaxies.Humankind recently saw the first stunning images of outer space taken by ...

Harvard paper raises flag that comet‑like 3I/ATLAS might be alien tech. Most experts disagree calling it a natural visitor.

Any suggestion that it’s artificial is nonsense on stilts, and is an insult to the exciting work going on to understand this ...

As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...

Derek Wallentinsen stood atop Inscription Rock in El Morro National Monument on the night of May 23, 2019, taking photographs of the star-filled sky to document the darkness. A ranger at the time, he ...

Many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these outdoor lighting from roads, buildings and elsewhere could ...

While orbiting telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope give researchers a unique view of the cosmos – particularly because they can see light blocked by the ...

Once deployed, NISAR will be the most powerful Earth observation satellite in space, producing data and high-resolution ...