As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark ...

At the heart of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a digital camera that will create an unparalleled map of the cosmos.

The Vera C. Rubin observatory will host a “first look” event at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, June 23. You can watch it live right ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile houses the world's most powerful survey telescope with the largest digital camera ever ...

In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

Wide-orbit planets are fairly common according to the study, and there's a good chance we have one of our own.

In the remote outer reaches of planetary systems, far beyond the orbit of known planets, enormous and mysterious worlds ...

The Solar System might not be as quiet and orderly as we think. Imagine one day looking up and seeing something strange in ...

Despite its abundance, dark matter remains one of the most elusive components in cosmology. Astronomers hope that the Roman ...

This story is from the next print edition of MIT Technology Review, which explores power—who has it, and who wants it. It’s ...

Gaia, Europe’s Milky Way–mapping spacecraft, shut down earlier this year. It was arguably the most important—and most ...