The neutrino is one of the most common particles in the universe, but you would never know it. In fact, it wasn't until the 1930s that we even became aware of its existence. Noting that certain ...

Dave Leake teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how telescopes work Join us as we explore the fascinating world of telescopes! In this video, we’ll dive into the main types of telescopes and ...

A new telescope — VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) — has just started work at ESO’s Paranal Observatory and has made its first release of pictures. VISTA is a survey ...

How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light from galaxies that formed more than 13 ...

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 ...

The National Optical Astronomy Observatory is working on the development of the proposed 30-meter telescope, or TMT, a giant telescope that is to be the next generation in ground-based astronomy.

Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a ...

The scientists who eventually get to peer out at the universe with NASA's powerful new James Webb Space Telescope will be the lucky ones whose research proposals made it through a highly competitive ...

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In a major milestone for a decades-long project, the Giant Magellan Telescope project recently passed its final design review, locking in the design for the telescope enclosure and paving the way for ...

Greenwich's Royal Observatory is improving access to its buildings and creating new educational and events spaces in a £77m ...