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Dr. Vera Rubin began observing at Kitt Peak National Observatory in 1963 at the 36-inch telescope. Credit: NOIRLab

Vera Rubin found a lifetime of wonder in the dark skies

An artistic rendering of how the ESO's Extremely Large Telescope will look on Cerro Armazones upon completion. Credit: ESO

Cosmology, Science

Mirrors for the world’s largest optical telescope are on their way to Chile

An image of hundreds of galaxies of different sizes and shapes against a black background. A haze of teal gas-like light appears and connects some of the galaxies in the image. The teal glow is intracluster light and is focused mostly towards the middle of the image.

Cosmology, Galaxies, Science

Vera C. Rubin Observatory to detect glowing galactic relics

An artist representation of two merging black holes

Exotic Objects, Science

The biggest black hole merger just got weirder

The Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357)

Exoplanets, Stars

JWST finds Earth-like planets can form in harsh galactic environments

Mary Cleave's NASA portrait. Credit: NASA

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Mary Cleave, ‘trailblazing’ astronaut, dies at 76

An artist’s representation of one of brightest explosions ever seen in space, an LFBOT. Called a Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT). Credit: NASA, ESA, NSF's NOIRLab, Mark Garlick , Mahdi Zamani

Exotic Objects, Science

‘Tasmanian devil’ rises from slumber with brilliant bursts of light

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Cosmology, Exotic Objects, Science

NGC 7727’s cosmic merger foreshadows our own future

The crew on the International Space Station celebrates Thanksgiving. Credit: NASA

Human Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

How astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving in space

The planets in our solar system.

Science, Solar System

How long is a year on other planets?

The second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever seen (UNCOVER z-13 and UNCOVER z-12). The galaxies are located in Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744), show here as near-infrared wavelengths of light that have been translated to visible-light colors. Cluster image: NASA, UNCOVER (Bezanson et al., DIO: 10.48550/arXiv.2212.04026) Insets: NASA, UNCOVER (Wang et al., 2023) Composition: Dani Zemba/Penn State

Cosmology, Galaxies, Science

JWST uncovers some of the most distant galaxies yet seen

This panchromatic view of galaxy cluster MACS0416 was created by combining infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with visible-light data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Jordan C. J. D'Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri)

Galaxies, Science

Webb and Hubble telescopes unite to image flashy clash of galaxies cluster