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Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

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Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

Rubin’s completion converged with technological advancements that are poised to spread the data it produces far and wide to ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

Sauk Prairie will get a glimpse of one of the two eclipses that will occur over the next thirty days. The total solar eclipse ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of ...

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

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

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

Just last week, for instance, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City ...