Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

Make the most of January's new moon and survey the darkened skies with the best telescopes. Our guide will help you choose the right scope, no matter your budget or experience. Are you new to ...

Christmas is a great time to look for a telescope for your budding amateur astronomer. But there are some things to keep in ...

STORY: Among the remote desert hills of northern Chile lies the aptly named “Extremely Large Telescope.”:: Cerro Armazones, ...

We've rounded up the best telescopes for kids. Is there a budding stargazer in your family? Maybe you're trying to cultivate a child's interest in our solar system? If you're looking for one of ...

The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting ...

Recent science updates include Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaking the sound barrier, progress on the Extremely Large Telescope ...

Astronomers warn that proposed changes to the space observatory's operational budget could decrease the amount of ...

The MeerKAT telescope is located in the Karoo region of South Africa, is made up of 64 radio dishes and is operated and ...

European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten ...

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) will be loaded onto a transatlantic shipping vessel in Antwerp, Belgium, at the end of January for a month-long voyage by sea to its home: Chile, just ...

Astronomers and engineers have developed a specialized system for their radio telescope to rapidly detect mysterious fast radio bursts and other space phenomena.