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

"We're going to do it in three years, and we're going to do it for a ridiculously low price," Pete Klupar, executive director ...

NASA is ramping up work on one large space telescope while also laying the groundwork for future observatories.

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by light pollution due to a planned renewable energy project. The U.S. energy ...

A first look at Canon-powered Vaonis Hyperia – a smart telescope that brings professional observatory-level astrophotography ...

On Monday, June 23, scientists revealed the first images captured by the world's most powerful telescope and largest digital camera - part of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) - showing ...

On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world’s largest digital camera is preparing to power up. Its mission is simple yet ambitious — to photograph the entire night sky in extreme detail and unlock ...

If you think stargazing from your window is impressive, the world’s largest telescope is out here collecting light that’s traveled for eons. The largest telescope in the world is called the Gran ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years of the universe. At double the width of our Milky ...