A teenage pilot, who is attempting to fly all seven continents solo, hit a patch of rough air this weekend when Chilean authorities detained him for changing his flight plan without their permission ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

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Chile's ALMA observatory, which houses some of the world's most powerful telescopes, has captured its most detailed images to ...

L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

Recapping some of the most talked-about news this week from the nation and around the world – in case you missed it.

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area ...