When finished, it will be more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope. For most of our history, the science of astronomy ...

Durham University’s Prof Richard Massey peers into the history of space telescopy and finds the unexpected views are often the most astounding. In recent decades, we’ve learnt huge amounts ...

Sir Isaac Newton once wrote, in what must be one of the most oft-quoted lines in the history of science ... however, most optical telescopes in use in the 21st century derive from the two ...

Optics and Photonics News 'I found this book an exceptionally important contribution to the history of observational astronomy in the second half of the 20th century … On offer here is a masterly ...

See how telescopes capture the cosmos. ExtremeTech explains the science behind lenses and space exploration. Start exploring ...

New optical technologies have revolutionized astronomy, from the invention of the telescope 400 years ago to more recent developments of adaptive optics and segmented mirrors. The next disruptive ...

American space agency NASA says it has begun installing the telescope assembly in the space observatory that will become ...

[Bill Hammack] elaborates on one such piece of engineering: The Alignment Optical Telescope. The telescope was used to find the position of the Lunar Module in space so that its guidance computer ...