The Square Kilometer Array will have its first light next year, and the Extremely Large Telescope will be completed and ...

NASA is ramping up work on one large space telescope while also laying the groundwork for future observatories.

As with amateur scopes, dew is a potentially harmful problem at professional observatories because the water that accumulates on optical surfaces can interfere with the telescope’s performance, and it ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the ...

Light pollution from human activity can threaten radio astronomy – and people's view of the night sky. Estellez/iStock via Getty Images Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help ...

On Wednesday, Schmidt Sciences - an organization funded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy Schmidt - ...

Researchers from Italy, Chile and Galicia have studied and compared the light pollution levels at major astronomical observatories across the world. The study shows that light is polluting the sky ...

When you hear about big science projects like a huge new telescope or a miles-long particle accelerator, it’s usually in the context of the big science discoveries they’ve made. But before anyone can ...

The April 8 total solar eclipse will be visible from several astronomical observatories across North America. Here are four that have big events planned for the day the sun disappears. When you ...

As ever-larger telescopes are launched into space or built at high-altitude sites, these observatories still have wonders to share with visitors and astronomers alike. An archival photograph of the ...

Isamu Noguchi’s photo of Mishra Yantra instrument at the Jantar Mantar observatory in Delhi, India (1949) (all images courtesy Noguchi Museum) Noguchi often traveled with the intent of absorbing the ...

Managing petabytes of data collected over decades, with exponential growth on the horizon, demands a mission-critical focus on cyber resilience. In an era where data fuels discovery, the Ocean ...