The University of Texas at Austin's Daniel T. Jaffe has been appointed as the new president of the Giant Magellan Telescope ...

The group building what could become the world's most powerful optical telescope, the Giant Magellan, has a new leader. The ...

On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...

"We're going to do it in three years, and we're going to do it for a ridiculously low price," Pete Klupar, executive director ...

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) instruments, the U.S.

MeerKAT radio telescope discovers 49 hidden galaxies in less than three hours, revealing how much of the nearby universe ...

Neuraspace’s telescope in Chile expands its capability to track and monitor space objects, contributing to improved space traffic management. Credit: Neuraspace WASHINGTON — Portuguese space traffic ...

The rapid evolution of diffractive optical elements (DOEs) is reshaping space telescope design by offering lightweight, compact and high-performance alternatives to conventional optical systems. These ...

Optical aberration theory remains a fundamental component in the design and operation of space telescopes. With increasingly ambitious astronomical missions and the demand for high-resolution imaging, ...

A new lens-free imaging system uses software to see finer details from farther away than optical systems ever could before.

In a massive explosion of a black hole ripping apart a star, a dense gas cocoon was found surrounding the explosion, ...