Telescope
China Reveals Massive Project to Find ‘Earth 2.0’
A new 115-page paper reveals in detail China's plan to find "Earth 2.0" and answer the question: Are we alone in the universe?
Internal Government Report Shows Why Arecibo Couldn’t Be Saved
Officials warned of a “catastrophic failure” just days before the iconic observatory collapsed in December 2020.
The World’s Biggest Optical Telescope Will Search for Alien Life
Suzanne Ramsay and Michele Cirasuolo, scientists with the Extremely Large Telescope, talk about the observatory’s unprecedented abilities on Motherboard’s Space Show.
Hubble Captures Object Shooting Powerful Energy Jet Across the Cosmos
The rare phenomenon, known as a Herbig–Haro (HH) object, put on a spectacular light show.
Scientists Are Launching a Massive Helium Balloon to Measure Dark Matter
The SuperBIT telescope will be launched on a balloon with the same volume as a football stadium and will measure the properties of mysterious dark matter.
Arecibo Observatory, an Icon of Science and Pop Culture, Has Collapsed
After 57 years of service to the astronomical community, the Arecibo Observatory collapsed on Tuesday, sparking widespread grief.
Scientists Want to Build a Giant Moon Telescope to See Into the Deep Past
The Ultimately Large Telescope, a concept for a spinning liquid telescope, could see the light of the first stars.
Iconic Arecibo Dish Suffers More Damage As Second Cable Breaks
Puerto Rico’s historic radio telescope was smashed by another broken cable that may be related to a similar accident in August.
NASA's Plan to Turn the Moon Into a Telescope Looks Like the Death Star
A newly funded concept envisions a kilometer-wide radio telescope built inside a crater on the far side of the Moon. Whoa.
These Are the Highest Resolution Images of the Sun Ever Taken
Each of the cell-like structures in this image represents an area about the size of Texas.
Astronomers Around the World Can Now Use China’s Alien-Hunting Telescope
It was previously only available to Chinese astronomers.
China to Seriously Start Hunting for Aliens in 2019
Astronomers think aliens from other galaxies could be trying to communicate with us so Chinese scientists built a huge telescope to find out.