This makes it appear correspondingly smaller through a telescope—infinitesimally smaller, in fact, appearing as only a point ...

A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces ...

The European Space Agency launched the James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas Day 2021 from its facility in French Guiana. A collaboration ...

Invisible Technologies founder Francis Pedraza shares advice about crafting the right business model, hiring the right team, ...

Vishnu Reddy, the third and last child in his family, grew up in a remote village with spotty electricity and dark night skies. The nearest town was Chennai in India, where he was born in 1978. This ...

NetJets, a private jet company owned by Berkshire Hathaway, proposes to build its own terminal at Naples Airport. The proposal faces uncertainty due to new Naples City Council ordinances aimed at ...

When you look up on a clear dark night, the stars overhead shine and glitter like celestial diamonds scattered across a black velvet sky. One of the best places to stargaze is the nearby Red Rock ...

Jacob Payne, a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, landed a NASA grant to build a small X-ray telescope that can assist with deep ...

More times than she can remember, Jean Mueller stood on the catwalk of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory scanning the night sky, trying to time the exact moment to close the dome.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jean Mueller became Palomar Observatory’s first female telescope operator in 1985, breaking decades-old gender ...

The University of Texas McDonald Observatory high on Mt. Locke in the Davis Mountains is an internationally recognized center for astronomical research. It also invites the public to experience the ...

University of Iowa graduate research assistant Jacob Payne uses nitrogen to dry off a mirror at Van Allen Hall in Iowa City on Friday. Payne — with guidance from UI Physics and Astronomy Associate ...