The Square Kilometer Array will have its first light next year, and the Extremely Large Telescope will be completed and ...
I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that time was “running out” in the race to build the next great optical telescope ...
If you’ve ever tilted your head to the night sky and thought, I wish I could see more, this one’s for you. The Hestia is the first ever smartphone-based telescope, is on sale for $259.99 (MSRP $299), ...
More times than she can remember, Jean Mueller stood on the catwalk of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory scanning the night sky, trying to time the exact moment to close the dome.
Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.
The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...