space telescope
Planning is Underway for NASA’s Next Big Flagship Space Telescope
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has only been operational for just over a year, but this isn’t stopping the…
A New Mission Will Search for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri
The TOLIMAN space telescope will search for exoplanets next door, and has contracted with EnduroSat to make that happen.
A Fleet of Space Telescopes Flying in Formation Could Reveal Details on Exoplanets
We've found thousands of exoplanets in the last couple of decades. We've discovered exoplanets unlike anything in our own Solar…
A Space Telescope With one job: Find Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri
Breakthrough Initiatives just announced a collaborative effort to launch a space telescope that will search for habitable planets around Alpha…
WFIRST Passes an Important Milestone, it’s Time to Begin Development and Testing
Soon, astronomers and astrophysicists will have more observing power than they know what to do with. Not only will the…
The NewSpace Revolution is About to Bring us Tiny Space Telescopes we can all Control
Next year, Randy Chung and Sean League of Space Fab will be launching the world's first space telescope that will…
Project Blue: Building a Space Telescope that Could Directly Observe Planets Around Alpha Centauri
An international consortium of scientists known as Project Blue hopes to crowdfund the creation of a space telescope that will…
Lightweight Telescopes In CubeSats Using Carbon Nanotube Mirrors
Using carbon nanotubes, a team of NASA engineers has created a series of revolutionary new telescope mirrors for a Cubesat…
China Plans Space Telescope That Will Dock With Their Space Station
China's planned space telescope will dock with its space station for repairs and servicing.
Planetary Resources Looks to Crowdfund a Space Telescope for the Public
How much would you donate to have access to a space telescope … or just to have an orbital "selfie"?…