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 ...

Could it be a model for building future space telescopes and other space facilities? The universe has a lot of dark corners that need to be peered into. That's why we're driven to build more ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by ...

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 ...

There was a time when building a telescope was a rite of passage for budding astronomers, much as building a radio was the coming age for electronics folks. These days, many things are cheaper to ...

(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.

The mirror of the telescope will span 85 feet across, but since it's physically impossible to build a mirror that large, engineers are making seven smaller mirror segments and arrange them in a ...

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 ...

Plans for the telescope date to 2009, when scientists first selected Mauna Kea. The project won a series of approvals from Hawaii, including a permit to build on conservation land in 2011.

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.

The image dazzles from a computer screen in the corner of the room: six beams of red-orange light bursting from a luminous Milky Way star. But the most entrancing part of the picture — among the ...