A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that ...

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

A team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF), local spin-off company Spaceoptix, ...

The Vera Rubin telescope, which is set to open its eyes to the sky later this month, has a 26-foot-wide (8.4 meters) mirror, ...

Created as a tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin, the image was created with the aid of a vast array of telescopes.

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

After taking a closer look, however, the team realized that the only viable source for the burst was NASA’s dead Relay 2, a ...