As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark ...

At the heart of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a digital camera that will create an unparalleled map of the cosmos.

This week, astronomers have unveiled the most intricate and vibrant image ever captured of the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) in a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera captured an "array of stars that make up the dwarf galaxy Wolf–Lundmark ...

The monsterous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 isn't just the largest icy rock in the Oort Cloud, it's the second most ...

Astronomers unveiled an ultra-detailed image of the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), captured using the European Southern ...

The entire Sculptor Galaxy is displayed in thousands of colors observed by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

Scientists have discovered that something is making cosmic distance markers appear much farther away than they should be.

To make this thousand-color map, astronomers used over 50 hours with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer ( MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. More than 100 exposures were stitched in ...

Sculptor -- officially labeled NGC 253 -- is considered a starburst galaxy, one heavy with stellar action. It's located 11 million light-years away in the Southern Hemisphere's constellation Sculptor ...

Spotting a trademark colorful and elegant bird on the Palos Verdes Peninsula can be exciting for visitors or vacationers, but ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of the Sculptor Galaxy, revealing hundreds of previously unseen celestial ...