NASA is planning a groundbreaking mission: building a massive radio telescope on the far side of the Moon. Discover how this lunar telescope will explore the universe’s origins, detect ancient ...

ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...

To aid your own endeavors in this realm, you might consider following [aeropic’s] example in building a capable wireless telescope DSC. Yes, [aeropic] built a capable digital setting circle (DSC ...

(For more on the controversy Galileo spawned, see His Big Mistake.) Building a better refractor The spyglass-turned-telescope had limitations, some of which Galileo was able to design around.

Their use of simple building materials and techniques show that you can create a respectable home observatory without breaking the bank. It starts with a footing for the telescope mount.

Orbital telescopes function as eyes in the sky that ... exploring their compositions and building data that could someday aid the search for extraterrestrial life. Despite its many achievements ...

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) will be loaded onto a transatlantic shipping vessel in Antwerp, Belgium, at the end of January for a month-long voyage by sea to its home: Chile, just ...

This would avoid the challenges of testing and launch-proofing large, complex structures, like habitats and telescopes ... the same kind of material to build a variety of habitat modules.