Surprisingly, we found that even significantly higher dark energy densities would still be compatible with life, suggesting ...

Could the universe be spinning like a giant top? This idea, proposed by physicist Nikodem Poplawski, opens surprising ...

The camera already captured millions of galaxies and stars, as well as thousands of asteroids in initial test observations.

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

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has unveiled the very first “mega” images of the cosmos obtained thanks to the extraordinary features and wide-field view of its LSST camera—the largest ...

The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...

New evidence suggests the universe might not behave as expected, raising questions about the costs of being wrong.

DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory debuted on June 23, 2025. Scientists at Duke and across the world await the groundbreaking data it will come to collect.

Is the Hubble constant—a key part of how we measure the expansion of our universe—in a crisis? Some cosmologists say yes.

The legacy of astronomer Vera C. Rubin, for whom the observatory was named, was not just the way her work revolutionized ...

Scientists and engineers at CMU’s McWilliams Center for Cosmology and Astrophysics are building tools to aid astronomers ...