Newswise — The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, has released its first alerts ...

Astronomers using fresh data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have uncovered an asteroid that defies usual planetary ...

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer—a feat uniquely enabled by Rubin. The study provides ...

Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have identified a 1.6-mile-wide asteroid that completes a full rotation in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A groundbreaking telescope's decade-long campaign to observe the cosmos like never before is officially underway. For scientists, ...

This 1.7-gigapixel view of the constellation Lupus was captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The image showcases the telescope’s unmatched range, resolving individual stars and faint dust within ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The newly commissioned Vera C. Rubin Observatory has issued 800,000 astronomy alerts in just one night — a staggering number of ...

The speed of an asteroid's spin can tell astronomers a surprising amount about what it is made of. However, existing ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

An artist’s conception zeroes in on a main-belt asteroid called 2025 MN45, which makes a full rotation in less than two minutes. (Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA / P.

The near-real-time alert system will enable scientists around the world to coordinate follow-up observations like never before Among the first alerts are detections of supernovae, variable stars, ...

This artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN 45 — the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ever found. The asteroid is shown surrounded by many other asteroids, ...