A new, low-cost attachment to telescopes allows previously unachievable precision in ground-based observations of exoplanets — planets beyond our solar system With the new attachment, ground-based ...

The South Pole Telescope recently opened its third-generation camera for a multiyear survey. Deep in Antarctica, at the southernmost point on our planet, sits a 33-foot telescope designed for a single ...

For Professor James Larkin, gazing through a telescope at an endless number of stars is like looking through a window to the past. By studying galaxies at different distances, the astronomy ...

Deep in Antarctica, at the southernmost point on our planet, sits a 33-foot telescope designed for a single purpose: to make images of the oldest light in the universe. This light, known as the cosmic ...