The University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy launched initial science operations for Robo-AO-2, a robotic laser adaptive ...

Types of Telescopes Telescopes that capture visible light are known as optical telescopes, and the science done with them is called optical astronomy. But there's an entire electromagnetic spectrum, ...

Robo-AO-2 is designed to correct the blur caused by Earth’s atmosphere, sharpening images of hundreds of objects each night ...

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Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies—and increasingly by commercial companies—are set to visit the moon by the end of this decade.

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The article details the upcoming deployment of four next-generation telescopes: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), and the Thirty ...

After more than six months of COVID-related closures, observational astronomy is largely getting back to work. Many of the world’s biggest telescopes have reopened their domes in recent weeks, ...

Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies—and increasingly by commercial companies—are set to visit the Moon by the end of this decade.

But Earth isn't the only place we've set up shop. Space-based telescopes like Hubble, James Webb, and Chandra orbit far above ...

Bloomer: It is best to start with a little naked-eye astronomy: see if you can pick just something out at first, and build ...