telescopes
I Met a Japanese Meteorite Dealer Who Believes in Space Healing
Hachiro Kageyama is an amateur astronomer with a massive predilection for meteorites.
The James Webb Space Telescope Will Follow In Hubble’s Footsteps in 2018
Some two decades in the making, the JWST will probe deep space for the earliest stars and galaxies formed in the universe.
Gods and Telescopes Clash on a Sacred Mountain in Hawaii
Finding the middle ground between cultural sensitivity and scientific progress on the slopes of a sacred volcano.
The World's Most Powerful Camera Will Snap an Area 40x Bigger Than the Moon
Over ten years, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will observe more galaxies than there are people on Earth.
How's the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Going?
Dr. Ragbir Bhathal, who leads Australia's Optical SETI project, thinks if there is extraterrestrial life out there, we may be just a generation or two away from finding it.
How a Bunch of Tiny Robots Will Help Crack Dark Energy
Automating the tedious work of manually resetting thousands of fiber-optic cables at a time.
This New Telescope Lens Filter Will Help Astronomers Find Hidden Worlds
And it may help kickstart the hunt for a second Earth.
The Controversial Thirty Meter Telescope Will Resume Construction
After months of protests over building on a sacred Hawaiian mountain, a deal has been struck.
The Universe's Brightest Galaxy Shines Like 300 Trillion Suns
NASA has discovered the most luminous galaxy yet, and they believe it has a massive black hole heart.
Millions of New Photos From NASA's Asteroid-Hunting Telescope Are Now Online
The NEOWISE telescope took millions of infrared images of near-earth comets and asteroids last year.
Space Dust Will Help Us Decide Which Exoplanet We'll Visit First
2015 is shaping up to be a great year for the search for another Earth.
Meet the Amateur Comet Hunter Who Out-Gazes the Big Telescopes
Terry Lovejoy has discovered five comets from his home since 2007—something that's become harder and harder for humans to do.