PhoSim simulates the atmosphere, including air turbulence, as well as distortions from the shape of the telescope’s mirrors and the electrical properties of the sensors. The photons are propagated ...

The widely anticipated first images collected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have been released, offering nothing short of ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission, which launched in March 2025, is poised to transform our understanding of the universe. By creating ...

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the universe in unprecedented detail, from violent cosmic collisions to faraway ...

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

It was created through a combination of manual human annotation of images and automated processes, and is by far the largest collection of this type assembled to date. By training on such a massive ...

A new image by the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals an unidentified celestial object, dubbed C4, getting blasted by a jet of energetic particles, raising questions about its identity.

Roblox is launching and open-sourcing Cube 3D, the first version of its foundational AI model for generating 3D objects. The model is trained on 3D objects.