This particular telescope is under construction in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, one of the darkest places on Earth ...

Making the far near The invention that set the stage for the telescope was the eyeglass, which appeared in the mid-13th century. The first spectacles, designed to correct farsightedness ...

New optical technologies have revolutionized astronomy, from the invention of the telescope 400 years ago to more recent developments of adaptive optics and segmented mirrors. The next disruptive ...

Its distance is 1500 light years, meaning that the light we see from it left more than a thousand years before the invention of the telescope. The farther away an object in space lies, the longer ...

For centuries, telescopes have relied on curved lenses and mirrors to observe the Universe. A team of researchers has recently developed a flat, lightweight lens capable of capturing precise color ...

Carnegie Science Center has created events and programming for the entire family to celebrate the centennial of planetarium.