China commences construction of high-precision telescope project on ‘roof of the world’
China on Saturday launched the construction of a new large astronomical observation project, the Xue-shan-mu-chang 15-meter SubMillimeter Telescope…
NASA SVS | NASA Mission to Study Giant ‘Halo’ Surrounding Earth
In 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts placed an ultraviolet camera on the Moon that captured the first images of…
A Long Skinny Rectangular Telescope Could Succeed Where the James Webb Fails and Uncover Habitable Worlds Nearby
Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER). Credit: Leaf…
Comet 3I/ATLAS seen with glowing tail by telescope
A ground telescope in Chile recently glimpsed the comet’s glowing tail, which observations reveal has steadily been growing…
Ring laser tracks Earth’s axial wobble 100 times more accurately
Scientists in Germany have used a highly sensitive underground ring laser to track Earth’s axial wobble without relying…