The night sky appears perfectly still, but the universe is constantly changing in ways the human eye cannot see. By combining decades of astronomical observations, scientists have created remarkable ...
A decade-long mission to capture the universe in cinematic motion has begun with University of Washington astronomers helping lead the way. Why it matters: The project could transform our ...
IN 1967, astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell was searching the night sky for quasars, super-bright sources of light in the centre of some galaxies, when she spotted something unusual. It was a pulsing ...
After decades of planning and construction atop a mountain in Chile, the monumental NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially started a 10-year sky survey that will provide an “ultra-wide, ...