They may have to compete with entrepreneurs flocking to the moon for business and mining. Gazing at the moon, you may see a face or a round of cheese, but some astronomers see the ideal spot for their ...

Whether you want a basic scope or a more advanced system, Amazon has tons of Celestron models for the lowest prices of the ...

A long-delayed project to build the largest telescope in the Northern Hemisphere atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii has been given new ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the largest telescopes ever built is one step closer to completion. On June 12, the National Science Foundation announced that the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is entering the ...

"Because it's awesome" might very well be one of the reasons scientists want to build a giant telescope on the moon, and they wouldn't be wrong; it absolutely would be awesome. Fortunately, there are ...

The Australian National University will help build the world’s most powerful telescope after signing a Memorandum of Understanding on the weekend to construct the giant telescope with an international ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The director of a ...

Willard L. Eccles Foundation Gives $600,000 for New Facility The Willard L. Eccles Foundation donated $600,000 so the University of Utah can build a 32-inch, research-class, optical telescope in ...

TRW Inc. won a $824.8 million contract to build the James Webb Space Telescope, which will replace NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. TRW Inc. announced Sept. 10 that it won a contract to build the James ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. It’s been almost 32 years since the Space Shuttle Discovery ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been surveying space since 1990 and has captured some interesting cosmic elements in action.