The world's greatest space telescopes have all been round. Now, a new rectangular design could turbocharge our search for ...

Explore the controversial telescope design that even its maker questioned. We break down the spot diagram to uncover the ...

Finding another Earth is the holy grail of modern astronomy. NASA's upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is ...

Finding another Earth is the holy grail of modern astronomy. NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is ...

The space-based telescope would be similar in size to the James Webb Space Telescope but with a 20-by-1-meter elongated ...

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been at the forefront of astronomical observation, and with the ...

Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a rectangular design that can separate a planet’s faint glow from its blinding star.

Technological limitations for manufacturing large, round telescopes has experts considering unconventional shapes to improve ...

"We show that this design can, in principle, find half of all existing Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars within 30 light-years in less than three years." ...

A new study suggests a new telescope design could help scientists find Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars. Unlike ...

A new proposal from astrophysicist Professor Heidi Newberg at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could change the way astronomers search for habitable planets ...

Astronomers propose a space telescope with a rectangular mirror to directly image nearby Earth-like exoplanets, according to a study in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences.