Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground observatories. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang reported on the unveiling of Schmidt ...

PHOENIX — A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a space telescope larger than Hubble that its backers say can be built ...

In order for NASA to study the mysteries of the universe, the scientists there need to be able to look out into the cosmos. The Hubble Space Telescope did this for a time, giving humanity some ...

DJ Elmoe knocked our socks off with footwork that still sounds as fresh as the first day we heard the style. Lindstrøm returned with the umpteenth coming of space disco and got us starry-eyed for the ...

Day 2 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: a stellar nursery. Reflection nebula GN 04.32.8 is part of the stellar nursery called the Taurus Molecular Cloud, roughly 480 light-years from Earth.

A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundation's NoirLab released the picture Wednesday. Snapped last month by the ...

A team of astronomers has discovered a supermassive black hole that is 100 million times the mass of the sun. This impressive discovery was found using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) ...

Don’t overcomplicate your night under the stars — here’s how I quickly set up my telescope, focuser, and filter wheel for an effortless astrophotography session. Perfect for beginners and lazy nights!

Participants received retinal implants that restored some of their vision. Zorica Nastasic via Getty Images Today, in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers announced that they restored some ...

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 billion (AU$15 billion) James Webb Space Telescope. There had not been such a ...

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