The SOAR Telescope sits on the peak of Cerro Pachón, part of the Chilean Andes mountain range. Recently, a rare winter storm swept across the Atacama desert, bringing snow to the driest place on Earth ...

Steve Bellavia and Justine Haupt of the Custer Observatory worked on the new telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

The observatory aims to map the night sky over a decade, potentially discovering millions of asteroids and billions of ...

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...

For the first time in Kazakhstan’s scientific history, a high-precision robotic telescope has been installed and launched in ...

Featuring never-before-seen views of galaxies and more than 2,100 newly discovered asteroids, the observations are only a ...

The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...