The month’s sharpest science shots — selected by Nature ’s photo team.

A cataclysmic variable star isn’t technically a single object. Instead, it’s a compact binary system composed of a white ...

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

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded ...

On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...

Armed with the world's largest digital camera, this observatory's first light is bound to be one for the textbooks.

The camera, now bolted to the end of a giant telescope at the Rubin Observatory, is expected to shoot photos of 20 billion ...

Our perception of time is more fragile than we think. Scientists have uncovered a powerful illusion where repeated exposure ...

A former Pfizer scientist was subpoenaed Monday by House Republicans over allegations that there was a conspiracy among ...

Stargazers can see the universe like never before when the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils its first images from the ...

Rubin Observatory begins 10-year sky survey to uncover dark matter, track asteroids, and build a detailed view of our ...