This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest telescope in the world.

One of the debut images is a composite of 678 exposures taken over just seven hours, capturing the Trifid Nebula and the Lagoon Nebula — both several thousand light-years from Earth — glowing ...

Mapping the Cosmos This image offers a closer look at the region surrounding the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae, as seen in this First Look image captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The Trifid ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has unveiled its first close-up image of the cosmos, offering an extraordinary new perspective on the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20), located 5,000 light-years away in the ...

Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top right) and the Lagoon nebula, which ...

The Trifid Nebula (top right) and the Lagoon Nebula are seen here in a composite photo of 678 separate images Image: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/AFP Another image showed the Virgo Cluster ...

One image (pictured) shows the Trifid Nebula and the Lagoon Nebula, in a region of the Milky Way that is dense with ionized hydrogen and with young and still-forming stars.