The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) team developing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully tested software that will be used to bring the space observatory’s 18 mirror segments ...

Large radio telescope systems are pivotal instruments in modern astronomy and related fields, as they enable the capture of faint cosmic signals and support various high-resolution observational ...

Completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary mirror being transported and integrated with a support system prototype at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. TUCSON, AZ — October 15, 2024 — ...

On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...

The National Science Foundation recently awarded $3.9 million to researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz as the lead institution for the development of a next-gen telescope alignment ...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space telescope, which launched in July this year to investigate the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, has run into issues during its commissioning ...

A thoroughly impressive and easy-to-use app that's ideal for amateur astronomers looking to control a telescope and plan, record and share their observations, SkySafari 7 Pro now has an innovative ...

World’s largest optical mirror successfully installed on support system prototype for the first time to validate telescope’s extraordinary performance. Installation of one of GMT’s 8.4-m-diameter ...