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The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in Hawaii, capturing a detailed image of a cluster of sunspots with the telescope's new Visible ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in December 2021, is the most advanced infrared space telescope ever created, revolutionizing our understanding of the universe. Developed by NASA, ESA, ...

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The Extremely Large Telescope is currently under construction, with the most recent milestones including progress made with building the dome, central structure and the base for the primary mirror.

Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope's three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, has prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that will ...

In the high-altitude desert of northern Chile sits the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Conceived as a partnership among scientists in Europe, North America, East Asia, and Chile, ...

The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in Hawaii, capturing a detailed image of a cluster of sunspots with the telescope’s new Visible ...

Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope's three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, has prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that will ...