The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), now under construction in the Chilean Andes, is set to revolutionize the field of ...

They may have to compete with entrepreneurs flocking to the moon for business and mining. Gazing at the moon, you may see a face or a round of cheese, but some astronomers see the ideal spot for their ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Mark Johnston We have some incredibly powerful telescopes that have given us spectacular ...

Using the Webb telescope’s powerful Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, the team detected a ...

University of Arizona Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab staff members placing nearly 20 tons of Ohara E6 low expansion glass into a mold for casting the Giant Magellan Telescope’s seventh primary mirror ...

Pasadena, CA. The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), the first extremely large new-generation telescope to begin production, has gained a new partner-the Australian ...

Currently, only about 1% of stars host giant planets or brown dwarfs that our telescopes can photograph directly. This ...

Dennis Zaritsky and Buell T. Jannuzi Special To The Arizona Daily Star Nov 25, 2012 Nov 25, 2012 Galileo was the first person to point a telescope toward the heavens, and his observations of the moons ...

ROCKFORD, IL — August 28, 2024 — The Giant Magellan Telescope and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. today announced the start of manufacturing and assembly of the largest telescope mount built in the ...

Chilean technicians exploded the top off of Las Campanas Peak in the Atacama Desert to begin the construction of a telescope ten times as powerful as the Hubble on Friday morning. The event was so ...

As the 10th American institution to invest, Massachusetts Institute of Technology expands the Giant Magellan Telescope international consortium to 16 members from the United States, Chile, Australia, ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope begins the four-year process to fabricate and polish its seventh and final primary mirror, the last required to complete the telescope’s 368 square meter light collecting ...