A Chinese X-ray space telescope has already made several discoveries during its initial commissioning phase. The Einstein ...

Space-based telescopes are remarkable. Their view isn't obscured by the weather in our atmosphere, and so they can capture ...

The world’s largest optical mirror was successfully installed on a support system prototype for the first time to validate ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space telescopes have captured an incredible image of two galaxies that make them look like they're staring back at the universe ...

Edmund Optics has announced the addition of optical coherence tomography phantoms and diffuse reflectance phantoms to its product portfolio, now providing off-the-shelf, standardized ready-to-use ...

The huge mosaic released by ESA’s Euclid space telescope on October 15, 2024, accounts for 1% of the wide survey that Euclid will capture over six years. The location and actual size of the mosaic on ...

The test took place inside a massive centrifuge that mimics the elevated gravity conditions of a space mission. NASA recently put a crucial part of the Roman Space Telescope — the Outer Barrel ...

Richard Massey receives funding from the UK Space Agency to support Euclid, and leads UK involvement in the SuperBIT balloon-born telescope. In recent decades, we’ve learnt huge amounts about ...

The rapidly developing technology of telescopes—both on Earth and in space—has been a key part of this process, and those that are due to start operating over the next two decades should push ...

We live in a golden age of planet discovery. Astronomers are using modern telescopes, both on Earth and in space, to find or zoom in on planets well beyond our solar system, called exoplanets.

The wide-angle telescope built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) has been investigating the cosmos since it launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 1, 2023.

A mosaic of images from the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope captures more than 14 million galaxies, offering a first glimpse of a “cosmic atlas”. The mapping project could add ...