I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...

They may have to compete with entrepreneurs flocking to the moon for business and mining. Gazing at the moon, you may see a face or a round of cheese, but some astronomers see the ideal spot for their ...

A bold new era in astronomy is on the horizon. By 2029, Schmidt Sciences, the philanthropic foundation founded by former ...

China's space agency is building a new space telescope that will rival current top-tier observatories. Known as the China Space Station Telescope (CSST), it will not only be as powerful as the cutting ...

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a space telescope larger than Hubble.

PASADENA, Calif.–Five institutions from North America and Europe have created a consortium to oversee the building of a 25-meter submillimeter telescope on a high elevation in Chile. When completed in ...

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A ...

NASA doesn't plan to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope until 2027, but a core component of the telescope is now complete. The team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center reports that the ...

On Valentine's Day 1990, from a dark and frozen spot on the outer edges of our solar system, the spacecraft Voyager 1 turned around to take one last photo of the world it left behind. Viewed from a ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

HONOLULU–Local officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Wednesday voted to oppose a U.S. military proposal to build new telescopes on the summit of Haleakala volcano, the latest observatory project ...