The car-sized Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Camera that was recently installed on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is the largest digital camera ever built and will be used to capture detailed ...

SPHEREx will begin routine science operations in late April, NASA said. At that time, the space telescope will begin taking about 600 exposures a day. The observatory is capable of detecting infrared ...

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

Today, the term "telescope" describes a wide range of instruments using lenses, mirrors, and/or digital sensors. Some are in orbit; some take the form of massive satellite dishes, lined up in rows ...

Situated in Cerro Pachón, Chile, the Vera Rubin Observatory is expected to commence scientific operations in 2025, ushering ...

Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on ...

To aid your own endeavors in this realm, you might consider following [aeropic’s] example in building a capable wireless telescope DSC. Yes, [aeropic] built a capable digital setting circle (DSC ...

A European dark matter telescope called Euclid has released its first treasure trove of data, showing galaxies by the thousand.

Getting a closer look at the Moon isn’t particularly difficult; even an absolute beginner can point a cheap telescope towards our nearest celestial neighbor and get some impressive views.

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system. The James Webb Space Telescope separates from Arianespace's Ariane 5 ...

LSST Camera installed at Vera Rubin Observatory for sky mapping The camera will scan the entire southern sky every few nights ...