Armed with the world's largest digital camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will take night-sky images that revolutionize astronomy.

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The largest-known piece of Mars to be found on Earth will be up for bid and could be sold for up to $4 million at auction.

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When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...

The telescope has the world's largest digital camera, which is the size of a small car, weighs 2,800 kg, and boasts a ...

The observatory’s software will automatically compare new images with older ones and generate an estimated 10 million alerts ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

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The research in North Carolina documents downstream remnants of the 35-million-year-old tsunami that followed the ...

World's largest digital camera observes cosmos, capturing detailed images of galaxies, asteroids, and stars changing ...