By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Billions of years from now, the sun is expected to run out of fuel and greatly ...

An exhilarating period for science,’ say UChicago scientists who played key role in telescope design and deployment ...

A distant, unseen star could be responsible for recurring waves of comets entering the inner solar system, potentially ...

Rubin Observatory in Chile has found an object just past Neptune on a 142-degree tilted orbit that runs against most planets.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has discovered two previously unknown Milky Way companions, hinting at the potential ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary observations covering just 7% of the night sky. The discoveries include an ...

A modest gamma-ray burst left an unusually bright afterglow. Astronomers suggest that a jet angled away from Earth could ...

November 7, 2026 - Overseas News ColumnWhere to run AI to protect natureWe want to find forest fires early. We want to know ...

The history of 20th century astronomy is inextricably linked to the Carnegie Observatories. From the revelation of the universe’s expansion to the discovery of dark energy, Carnegie Observatories ...

For $5,000 an hour, Reflect Orbital will bring you the power of the sun no matter what time of night it is. Astronomers are ...

La Silla is a 2400-m mountain, bordering the southern extremity of the Atacama desert in Chile. It is located about 160 Km north of La Serena. Its geographical coordinates are: Latitude 29 o 15' south ...

Astronomers working mostly in Chile dated VVV CL001, a faint globular cluster buried behind dust near the galactic center, at ...