The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we've had in ...

Galileo started this quest over 400 years ago, and scientists finally were able to peek at one of the biggest mysteries of the big star in our solar system.

And, scientists with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have detected what they like to call a ...

Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...

Materials science might seem very technical, but as a scientific discipline, it has led to many shifts in society over the ...

A Telescope to the Past as Galileo Visits U.S. On loan from Florence to Philadelphia, a telescope used by the astronomer gives you an idea of how hard it must have been for Galileo to be Galileo.

Rare earth metals power modern tech and clean energy, driving global trade shifts and geopolitical tension as new materials ...

Commentary Published: May 2009 Future optical technologies for telescopes Colin Cunningham Nature Photonics 3, 239–241 (2009) Cite this article ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

The telescope features an 8.4-meter primary mirror with a three-mirror design that provides an exceptionally wide 3.5-degree field of view, seven times the area of the full moon.

Sometimes the best stargazing happens on ordinary nights. Late June 2025 showcases consistent cosmic rhythms: Venus is ...