"The instrument is, so to speak, the heart of the solar telescope, which is now finally beating at its final destination." ...

Arizona's desert landscape is perfect for stargazing. In Tucson, you can visit a historic observatory with one of the most ...

The NSO described the sun as "a plasma laboratory right on our doorstep" and said that the VTF's image gives promise that with time, the telescope will help scientists better predict when powerful ...

The mystery of how planets and icy objects formed in the farthest reaches of our solar system just took an exciting turn. A ...

When Lungelo Zondi first learned about stars and galaxies at primary school in South Africa, she dreamed of having a live ...

The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in Hawaii, capturing a detailed image of a cluster of sunspots with the telescope's new Visible ...

The Daniel K. Inouye telescope snapped a clear image of sunspots. The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in Hawaii, capturing a ...

The instrument, known as the Visible Tunable Filtergraph, or VTF, is the fifth and most powerful instrument to be added to the Inouye Solar Telescope. It is designed to study the regions of the ...