With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in 2021 astronomy seems to have found its footing once again. Thanks to the remarkable discoveries of the instrument, new and exciting research is ...
Flagstaff, Ariz. – Lowell Observatory announces completion of the 4.3-meter-diameter (14 ft.) primary mirror blank for the Discovery Channel Telescope by Corning, Inc. After two years in production at ...
A new private space observatory, the Lazuli Space Telescope, is on track to surpass Hubble with its larger mirror and cutting ...
Astronomers are rethinking one of their oldest tools: the telescope’s mirror. A new study led by Dr. Heidi Newberg of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute proposes an unorthodox but remarkably efficient ...