Refractor to reflector, Schmidt-Cassegrain to Maksutov-Cassegrain - this is everything you need to know about the different types of telescopes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The telescope began as a relatively simple device, born out of optical experimentation. It combined a series of lenses and mirrors to collect and magnify light, allowing the user to see far away ...

UT-Austin just took a big step in its process of building one of the largest telescopes in the world as the Giant Magellan Telescope is moving into its final design phase to get federal funding ...

The fate of telescopes in space is looking better now that they are being designed to be serviceable. Researchers developed a servicing plan that can be applied to future space observatories based on ...

The National Science Foundation has awarded $3.7 million to the University of Chicago for the first year of a grant that may provide up to $21.4 million for the final designs for a next-generation set ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope will be built on a mountaintop in Chile’s Atacama Desert, a region that is home to many telescopes thanks to its clear skies, dry air and minimal ambient light pollution.

In living things, structures are built from simple, repeatable patterns. These often come in the form of a disorganized lattice. Large structures, like bones or coral, emerge from repeated rounds of ...