Observatory goes online later this decade, it will create one of science’s biggest data challenges. The SKA Observatory is a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the JWST investigating some hypothetical exoplanets with a graph in the ...

WorldWide Telescope is Microsoft's answer to Google Sky, the online virtual telescope the search giant unveiled last year. Powered by a mix of software and Web 2.0 services created with Microsoft's ...

The Virtual Telescope Project is set to host a free YouTube stream covering the flyby starting at 7 p.m. ET (23:00 GMT) on ...

MADISON — Five years after breaking ground on a South African mountaintop near the edge of the Kalahari desert, astronomers today (Sept. 1, 2005) released the first images captured by the Southern ...

Amateur astronomers now have internet access to imagery from the best telescopes on earth and in space with a new online service. Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope merges cosmic images from some of the ...

Hubble's origins stretch back to the late 1970s when engineers began grinding a 2.4-meter mirror destined for the iconic telescope. While that mirror needed some adjustments to see clearly, Hubble is ...

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- American Public University System (APUS) is over the moon to announce its 24-inch research grade telescope at the Dr. Wallace E. Boston Observatory ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar ...

As NASA described it, the stellar jet located on the outskirts of the Milky Way resembles Darth Maul’s double-bladed lightsaber from “Star Wars.” ...