NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit ...

Over the past few years or so the most talked about kind of telescope was the one that is meant to operate in space. An ...

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in northern Chile, will give us a better view of the Milky ...

Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on ...

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of ...

Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...

bulkier lenses and mirrors typically used in telescopes, particularly those of professional observatories on the ground and in space. Down the line, they could also be implemented on amateur ...

The world's largest telescope is almost as big as your house—and it’s unlocking the universe’s biggest mysteries.

But a ground based telescope also has advantages over space-based competitors, such as the European Space Agency’s Planck and NASA’s WMAP. The main advantage is the ability to constantly ...