at dizzying speeds, challenging everything we know about how these space rocks hold themselves together. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has not even officially begun its full decade-long survey, yet it is already shattering astronomical records. In a...

new camera reveals a deep‑field image of over 500,000 galaxies, offering an unprecedented view of the cosmos. Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its inaugural ultra‑deep exposure captured by the 3.2‑gigapixel camera, unveiling a tapestry of more...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered Aquarius IV, one of the faintest satellite galaxies ever observed orbiting our Milky Way. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially logged its first major success, identifying an elusive satellite galaxy...

Stein said. “The key science question we want to answer is: How common are wandering black holes?” The forthcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory will repeatedly scan vast swaths of sky with unprecedented depth, while NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope...

Astronomers have discovered a massive 2.5-kilometer asteroid that spins every 4 minutes, making it the largest ultra-fast rotator ever recorded. Astronomers have uncovered a pair of asteroids that defy the standard laws of orbital physics, spinning at...

formation over the past 10 billion years.” Forthcoming surveys such as the Legacy Survey of Space and Time at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission will add complementary optical data, refining mass estimates and...

campaigns designed to test whether dark energy is truly required. Future large‑scale projects, including the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the Euclid space telescope, are poised to deliver unprecedented measurements that could either reaffirm the...

underpinned more than 1 800 peer‑reviewed articles, and the data will feed upcoming facilities such as the NSF‑DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which will employ a 3.2‑gigapixel camera for wide‑field surveys. “For our team, these data are fundamental to...

also hope that incorporating stellar velocity data, combined with a larger catalog of streams from the upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory, will help clear the path toward a more accurate understanding of the dark matter scaffolding that underpins our...

up of the area of space that contains the galaxy home to supernova SN 2026gz, taken by the LSST Camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.Image credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA Image Processing: D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) What Stripped Stars...

aspects of the study lies in its predictions. The researchers simulated how upcoming surveys, including the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the China Space Station Telescope, could test neutrino–dark matter interactions with far greater precision. These...

next step for astronomers will be to use JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and upcoming observations from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to see if they can catch these cocoons in the act of being blown away. By finding objects in different stages of...

halted before breaking free. This view captures the area around the progenitor star of SN 2026gzf. Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA Reconstructing the Star’s Final Decades Rastinejad’s team concluded that the progenitor was a...

highlights the power of combining deep imaging with large-scale spectroscopic surveys. As new facilities like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory come online, astronomers anticipate finding even more of these “construction sites,” offering a clearer picture...

when a specific system is likely to reach that critical accretion state. As next-generation observatories like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the Square Kilometre Array come online, the volume of available TDE data is expected to surge, further...