Observatories
Space Telescope Could Unfold in Space
A clever new telescope design could allow engineers to pack larger folding space telescopes into smaller spaces on rockets, dramatically…
APEX Telescope Sees First Light
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) achieved a new milestone this week when it made its first observations. APEX consists of…
Extremely Large Telescope Takes the Next Step
Bigger is better. When you're making a telescope, you want to construct the biggest mirror you can. The European consortium…
Podcast: Having a BLAST in the Arctic
If you're an astronomer and you want to escape the Earth's hazy atmosphere, you need a space telescope... right? Not…
Making the Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope
Workers at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab have begun pre-firing one of the 8.4 metre mirror segments…
Capturing the Fastest Events in the Universe
A new high-speed camera has been mounted to the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile. This ultra fast…
Really Big Telescopes are Coming
If you think current telescopes are powerful, just you wait. A new class of observatories are in the works that…
A Pristine View of the Universe… from the Moon
The Hubble Space Telescope has unquestionably shown the benefits of a space-based observatory, but having a telescope far from Earth…
Work Begins on Magellan Giant Telescope
When it's complete, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will be the world's largest observatory, with a primary mirror 25.4 metres…
Stromlo Opens Up Again After the Fire
Although Australia's Mt. Stromlo was devastated in January 2003 by wildfires, the first stage of reconstruction is complete, and the…