In 2024, the National Science Foundation stated there was only enough money for one giant US telescope. Now the thirty-meter ...

Scientists reveal the clearest images of the Sun’s corona using a new adaptive optics system, opening new paths for solar ...

A near-perfect circle in a messy universe is a special find.” With those sentiments, astrophysicist Miroslav Filipović of ...

Moved to Boston, where he took a job appraising buildings for an insurance company. Became so fascinated with the buildings’ designs that he decided he would become an architect. Enrolled at the ...

"The new coronal adaptive optics system closes this decades-old gap and delivers images of coronal features at 63 kilometers resolution—the theoretical limit of the 1.6-meter Goode Solar Telescope," ...

Scientists develop new optical system that removes blur over fine-structure in the Sun's corona, revealing clearest images to ...

In 1987, an enormous blue arc, thought to be hundreds of trillions of miles long, was first considered one of the largest ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope offers sharper images, efficient light use, and the ability to find Earth-like planets.

Whether you're captivated by the intricate patterns of a distant bird or the luminous glow of a nebula, selecting the right ...

New DARPA optical power beaming demonstrations using a high-energy laser and a new receiver shatter previous records for ...

Including the mission that corrected the flawed mirror, NASA has dispatched five servicing ... NASA therefore has a choice between building and launching a replacement optical space telescope or ...

The mission has now received its final major delivery: the Optical Telescope Assembly, which includes a 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) primary mirror, nine additional mirrors, and supporting structures and ...