The Square Kilometer Array will have its first light next year, and the Extremely Large Telescope will be completed and ...

NASA is ramping up work on one large space telescope while also laying the groundwork for future observatories.

As with amateur scopes, dew is a potentially harmful problem at professional observatories because the water that accumulates on optical surfaces can interfere with the telescope’s performance, and it ...

Light pollution from human activity can threaten radio astronomy – and people's view of the night sky. Estellez/iStock via Getty Images Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help ...

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

A research team from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with domestic and ...

Operations at both the North and South Gemini telescopes have been temporarily suspended following a cybersecurity incident, the nature of which is unclear. Reading time 2 minutes The International ...

With a network of high-powered radio telescopes, scientists have discovered a giant "cocoon" of gas surrounding one of the ...

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

When you hear about big science projects like a huge new telescope or a miles-long particle accelerator, it’s usually in the context of the big science discoveries they’ve made. But before anyone can ...

Isamu Noguchi’s photo of Mishra Yantra instrument at the Jantar Mantar observatory in Delhi, India (1949) (all images courtesy Noguchi Museum) Noguchi often traveled with the intent of absorbing the ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the ...