Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

NASA wants to view the Big Bang with this behemoth, so it's saying goodbye to the James Webb Telescope. The new one redefines ...

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope — is currently under development on the Cerro Armazones mountain ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't exactly do.

WASHINGTON: NASA is preparing to launch its new space telescope, the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, ...

The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting ...

Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...

North Liberty’s best kept secret looks like a giant satellite dish nestled in a wooded area between North Liberty and Coralville Lake. But it’s not a satellite. It’s a radio telescope that makes up ...

Katherine Laliotis is a freelance science writer and Ph.D. candidate in astrophysics. She often covers stories at the intersection of science and society.