Observatory
The Hubble Telescope Is Back Online a Month After Going Dark
Science operations are expected to resume within days, according to the mission team.
NASA Is Launching a $10 Billion 'Time Machine'
The James Webb Telescope will peer farther back into the universe's history than ever before and is the "ultimate time machine," scientists say.
Scientists Want to Build a Giant Moon Telescope to See Into the Deep Past
The Ultimately Large Telescope, a concept for a spinning liquid telescope, could see the light of the first stars.
Iconic Arecibo Dish Suffers More Damage As Second Cable Breaks
Puerto Rico’s historic radio telescope was smashed by another broken cable that may be related to a similar accident in August.
Massive Telescope Will Be Upgraded to Study the Nearest Exoplanets to Earth
Proxima b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system. Now the Very Large Telescope will look for its neighbors.
An Evolving Based World: A Night with Lil B and Friends at the Observatory
“If you early to the airport,” Lil B says to his crowded room of followers, “Let some motherfuckers cut you who need to make their flight.”
Skip Traffic, Traverse Space and Time in a Roadside Mini-Universe
For one night in November, Loop.pH's inflatable recreation of the cosmos bloomed beneath the A13 flyover in England.
How the Universe's Most Intense Magnetic Fields Are Born
A runaway star was "the smoking gun" that explains why some dying stars form black holes, while others become magnetars.
Arizona's Nomadic, Autistic Astronomer
Richard Andreassen, an autistic, hard-of-hearing astronomer, built a trailer that acts as a portable observatory. His ideas aren't traditional, but he's garnered acclaim for his beautiful celestial photographs.