The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) team developing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully tested software that will be used to bring the space observatory’s 18 mirror segments ...

Completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary mirror being transported and integrated with a support system prototype at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. TUCSON, AZ — October 15, 2024 — ...

ArcBlue is pitching a simpler astrophotography setup that minimizes installation and monitoring, while still aiming for ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping astronomy, from automating telescope operations to uncovering rare cosmic phenomena. New AI frameworks like StarWhisper and tools such as LUNA and HYBRID ...

The National Science Foundation recently awarded $3.9 million to researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz as the lead institution for the development of a next-gen telescope alignment ...

Active surface control encompasses the real-time adjustment of reflector geometries in large radio telescopes to counteract distortions arising from gravity, wind, thermal gradients and mechanical ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI), the primary scientific instrument on NASA’s next-generation observatory, has entered the final ...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space telescope, which launched in July this year to investigate the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, has run into issues during its commissioning ...

A thoroughly impressive and easy-to-use app that's ideal for amateur astronomers looking to control a telescope and plan, record and share their observations, SkySafari 7 Pro now has an innovative ...

A telescope ranch in rural Texas makes advanced sky observation possible without physically visiting an observatory.

Remote desert regions in Texas are hosting hundreds of robotic telescopes on ranches with dark, clear skies, attracting global astronomers and astrophotographers.