Meanwhile, the waxing crescent moon was about 30% illuminated, according to In-the-Sky.org. The images captured by the Virtual Telescope Project offer a stunning view of the moon’s deep craters ...

Careful analysis of a Hubble Space Telescope image indicated that reason for Hale-Bopp's brightness was its exceptionally large size. The nuclei of most comets are about 1-2 miles across.

He saw mountains on the moon—in contradiction to the prevailing ... with quadruple the light-gathering power of the legendary five-meter Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory in southern California.

Now, NASA’s dreaming even bigger. What if it could build a big radio telescope up on the Moon? NASA’s concept to turn a moon crater into a radio telescope using a number of cooperative rovers.

Astronomers still use the Hale 200″ for research ... continued to point the dish at the Moon through fierce winds that could have toppled the entire telescope. The 2000 Australian comedy ...

The student, named Ma Junhe, dreamed of exploring the moon from a young age. After learning about telescope construction during a physics practical class, he decided to construct his own ...

Astronomer Gianluca Masi shared a composite photo taken during the event using the Virtual Telescope Project in Manciano, Italy. Want to see the features of the moon up close? The Celestron ...