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 ...

The National Science Foundation says hazardous materials make demolition the safest option for the historic telescope in Sunspot, New Mexico.

A high-performance radio telescope that will seek out deep space radio signals to help scientists learn more about the creation of the universe is under development by a Netherlands-based space ...

UT’s new Cosmic Frontier Center and McDonald Observatory will play key roles in aiding research into chemically young galaxies. This image shows the heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097, as seen ...

The Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE) project team, jointly led by NASA and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, envisions a way to make huge circular self-healing mirrors in-orbit to further the field ...

The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) has joined the Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT). As an Observer, China will participate in planning the ...

A new simulation study suggests that the Antarctic 12-m Terahertz Telescope (ATT12), a next-generation facility led by University of Tsukuba, could uncover between 1 and 10 million dusty star-forming ...

Queen’s University is set to go stargazing, with a “game-changer” new telescope that’s to be the largest ever built in Europe ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The future of the embattled Thirty Meter Telescope project could be up in the air due to a funding cap recommended by the National Science Board. The NSB met last week to go ...

With design reviews completed, the project team is planning an information meeting for prospective contractors in early November, with an aim of issuing a request for qualifications in early 2027. The ...