The Lowell Discovery Telescope stands as one of the largest telescopes in the country, swiftly adapting via unique instrument ...

The SKA-Low radio telescope in Western Australia is slowly coming online. It will probe the shape of the universe and study ...

This was the first working reflecting telescope. Other designers proved unable to grind mirrors with a regular curvature, so the reflector remained largely a curiosity until the mid-18th century ...

The first telescopes used lenses ... while telescopes flown aboard balloons or aircraft need to be compact. Although reflecting telescopes can be much lighter than similar-sized refractors, they still ...

Spiral-armed galaxies were first glimpsed through a massive reflecting telescope, with a six-foot diameter primary mirror, that Lord Rosse constructed on his estate in Ireland. Today’s largest ...

The European Space Agency has released the first batch of large-scale images from the Euclid space telescope, which ...

In the red dirt of outback Western Australia, a world-leading radio telescope has captured its first image and scientists say it is a crucial step towards seeing the origins of the known universe.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...

Explore the night sky with the best telescopes to suit every budget and experience level, perfect for observing February's snow moon and spectacular planetary parade. February is a great time to ...