With 263 antennas spread across the U.S. and Mexico, the Next Generation Very Large Array, would join a new wave of radio ...

On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world’s largest digital camera is preparing to power up. Its mission is simple yet ambitious — to photograph the entire night sky in extreme detail and unlock ...

A new European-led telescope could map the dusty, hidden half of the universe, all without using fossil fuels. If you have ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The University of Arizona is making significant strides in the field of astronomy with a key milestone in the construction of large telescopes. The National Science Foundation ...

High atop the arid plateaus of Chile's Atacama Desert, one of humanity's most powerful astronomical instruments peers into the depths of the cosmos: the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Operated by the ...

I spent part of last week in one of my favorite places, Flagstaff, Arizona, at Lowell Observatory. This storied institution is well known, and as I have written about previously, holds a unique place ...

As the Sun sets over the dry plains of rural Texas, something unusual begins to happen inside a series of long metal ...

A high-stakes face-off is brewing in the arid deserts of northern Chile, between astronomers building the world’s largest optical telescope and a proposed green energy megaproject from an ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile offers some of the clearest views of the universe, thanks to its dry climate, high altitude and isolation from light pollution.

Located a staggering 160,000 light-years from us, the star WOH G64 was imaged thanks to the impressive sharpness offered by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO ...

From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for stargazing and astronomy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...