Galileo Galilei, the renowned Italian astronomer and physicist, made groundbreaking contributions to science in the 16th and ...

A tour of the Galileo Museum invites a reflection on the scientist from Pisa, who went on to transform humanity's conception ...

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In the early days of astronomy, the night sky was a mystery waiting to be unraveled. The invention of the telescope in the early 17th century marked a revolutionary step forward in our quest to ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground observatories. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang reported on the unveiling of Schmidt ...

PHOENIX, Ariz.—A first-of-its-kind space telescope could soon launch into orbit and potentially chart a new path forward for astronomy. “For 20 years, Eric and I have pursued philanthropy to seek new ...

They’ve got their 3Is on the prize. The highly anticipated data 3I/ATLAS’ Earth tour last month is in. A targeted scan of 3I/ATLAS for signs of radio transmitting tech has come up empty — but Harvard ...

After Santa delivered big trouble to Lick Observatory — the iconic astronomy complex atop Mount Hamilton east of San Jose where ferocious winds early Christmas morning blasted open the steel dome ...

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky in 102 colors using observations made between May and December 2025. NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope — launched in ...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile not only confirmed one of the greatest mysteries in the universe—it also ruled out dozens of models that attempted to solve it. Reading time 3 minutes The ...

Light pollution from the exploding number of satellites orbiting Earth is making it harder to peer into space. Light pollution from the exploding number of satellites orbiting Earth is making it ...