I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that time was “running out” in the race to build the next great optical telescope ...

"Instead of sending astronauts to bolt on new parts, they managed to fix things with code." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

China’s Xuntian space telescope completed a full performance simulation, confirming operational readiness for its planned ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

Scientists hope SPHEREx will provide data lending new insights into the origins of the universe and whether the ingredients for life exist anywhere else in our Milky Way galaxy. The telescope launched ...

A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a reality by the 2030s, researchers say. The ambitious project will help safeguard ...

3I/ATLAS first made news in July when scientists confirmed it as the third-ever observed interstellar interloper in our solar system. The space object further attracted the public's fascination again ...

At the end of November, NASA’s next great telescope — the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — officially finished construction. Teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland joined the inner ...

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is travelling away from the sun on its way back to interstellar space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Astrophysics is, as many astrophysicists will tell you, the story of everything. The nature and evolution of stars, galaxies, galaxy clusters, dark matter and dark energy—and our attempts to ...

Joshua Moore, an engineer and the technical and rope access program coordinator with Cumberland County-based Modjeski and Masters is used to inspecting large complex structures — primarily bridges.