Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on ...

Despite all of this, though, telescope mirrors -- the pieces that collect light and produce a close-up, clear image of the ...

Early simulations show that it would take only 10 hours for the forthcoming ELT to find signs of life near Proxima Centauri.

Over the past few years or so the most talked about kind of telescope was the one that is meant to operate in space. An ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

As the agency's SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar mission rode toward their orbital stations tonight (March 11) at ...

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...