But it would be by far the most powerful telescope we'd ever built. This telescope would use the sun itself. To give some ...

In another corner of the room loomed the sun shade (or “deployable aperture cover”), which will ensure the telescope can probe the cosmic darkness without getting the sun in its eyes.

Armed with a backyard telescope and a pig's eye, British Astronomer Mark Thompson set out to learn what could happen if you stare at the sun through the lens of a telescope. After about 20 seconds ...

In the image, Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot, which appears red in visible light, is a instead a remarkably bright shade of blue. Hubble Space Telescope ... and the sun are aligned, with Earth ...