When the United States Space Force was first created, one of its early recruiting ads showed uniformed service members ...

When we eventually mine asteroids, humans and robots will not leave unprotected microbes on the surface. Instead, machines ...

When you look up at the night sky, it appears unchanging. But if you look deep enough you will find that the sky is in fact ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory sent scientists nearly 1 million astronomy alerts in one night, showing off changes in the sky.

Asteroids, exploding stars, and feasting black holes swarm in the first-ever batch of nightly alerts from the Vera C. Rubin ...

A 170-foot asteroid is set to race past Earth today at extraordinary speed, NASA says. Though no impact is expected, ...

A software system has begun sending out alerts about moving asteroids, exploding stars and other phenomena detected by the Rubin Observatory.

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Thanks to Fink, a software package created by two CNRS engineers, it is now possible to track millions of transient celestial phenomena observed in the sky by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, ...

Buzzwords are trendy and a recent one in astronomy is ”planetary parade." It’s a fun little phrase, but what’s really behind it? First off, I’m a big fan of anything, even trendy words that are going ...

At first, the universe was like a hot stew. Instead of carrots and potatoes, it had particles. As the soupy universe cooled, ...

Several discoveries have emerged from the commissioning phase of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, serving as an ...