Nestled at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet, atop a mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert called Cerro Armazones, scientists and engineers are constructing the largest visible light and infrared ...
A long-delayed project to build the largest telescope in the Northern Hemisphere atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii has been given new ...
A brand-new instrument has captured a cluster of sunspots - dark surface spots caused by strong magnetic fields - on our glorious Sun in an unprecedented amount of detail. This image was taken during ...
The Southern African Large Telescope (Salt) near Sutherland is celebrating 20 years of observing the night sky.
UT-Austin just took a big step in its process of building one of the largest telescopes in the world as the Giant Magellan Telescope is moving into its final design phase to get federal funding ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The U.S. Postal Service issued two Priority Mail stamps on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, featuring ...
The world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope will be shared by South Africa and Australia, project organizers announced today (May 25). Both nations had been vying to host the Square ...