Astronomers are rethinking one of their oldest tools: the telescope’s mirror. A new study led by Dr. Heidi Newberg of ...

Technological limitations for manufacturing large, round telescopes has experts considering unconventional shapes to improve ...

To distinguish an Earth-like planet from its star at a distance of roughly 30 light-years, a space telescope must collect ...

Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a ...

The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to ...

The National Optical Astronomy Observatory is working on the development of the proposed 30-meter telescope, or TMT, a giant telescope that is to be the next generation in ground-based astronomy.

The Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TMT) has awarded a contract to Belgium-based telescope and space equipment developer AMOS for designing and manufacturing the tertiary mirror ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The desire for ever larger telescopes has driven astronomers relentlessly for nearly 400 years. In 1610, Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter using a telescope with a lens not much ...

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The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded $17.5 million to the University of California for collaboration with the California Institute of Technology on a project intended to build the world’s ...