For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a ...

This Saturday is National Astronomy Day, the semi-annual event that celebrates the observation of the heavens. Science museums, universities, and astronomy groups have various events to pique public ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) is currently in the planning phase but could soon become ...

The telescope is barely a concept yet — it may be thwarted by funding or engineering problems before it ever reaches a launchpad or derailed by an instrument malfunction once it reaches space.

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HONOLULU (AP) — For months, protesters have held up construction of a $1.4 billion telescope atop a mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii. The state imposed emergency rules making it challenging for ...

If there is life on Proxima Centauri b, it could take the Extremely Large Telescope as little as 10 hours to detect its influence on the planet’s atmosphere. Observations will take longer for planets ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The director of a ...

NASA scientists are currently working on plans to build a giant radio telescope in a nearly mile-wide crater on the "dark side" of the moon. If approved, it could be constructed as early as the 2030s ...