The Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor (LUVOIR) telescope has been imagined as a habitable planet hunter, but it could be so much ...

Here's how an innovative flat lens could solve these problems for satellites and space-based telescopes. Understanding ...

The world's largest telescope is almost as big as your house—and it’s unlocking the universe’s biggest mysteries.

In the nineteenth century, the emergence of diffraction theory enabled telescope builders to understand in more detail the benefits of larger-aperture ... results of the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is ...

The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young central star cluster called Dolidze 25, located outside of the image frame.

NAS's James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune’s glowing auroras in the best detail yet. Hints of auroras were first ...

Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...

Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...

Professor Asad Madni the Hubble Space Telescope (University of California/PA) A professor who created a crucial part of the Hubble Space Telescope has been elected an honorary fellow of the Royal ...

A professor who created a crucial part of the Hubble Space Telescope has been elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Professor Asad Madni is joined by cartoonist and artist ...