Researchers have folded their way into a groundbreaking new family of origami patterns. Dubbed bloom patterns, because they ...

Astronomers want to build giant telescopes on the moon. They're already drafting blueprints and making proposals, some with cash from NASA.

Pointing at stars may seem easy on the surface—just mount a telescope to a tripod and you’re done, right? As anyone who’s ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has helped researchers learn new information about how the Earth may have been formed as it gives a deeper look into the Butterfly Nebula.

Coronal loops are giant arches of superheated plasma guided by the Sun’s magnetic field. These loops can precede solar flares ...

Scientists are building a telescope to seek another Earth, with crowdfunding By Sarah Kaplan | The Washington Post Nov 16, 2016 MorgueFile ...

Top American astronomers are hunting for clues about a 48-foot-wide scope that Beijing isn’t talking about.

The cosmic butterfly has also produced plenty of PAHs – large hydrocarbon molecules that could play a key early role in ...

Huge telescopes can be found in many places on Earth and they may one day be joined by a similar model built inside of a literal crater on the moon.

For months, protesters have held up construction of a $1.4 billion telescope atop a mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii. The state imposed emergency rules making it challenging for opponents to ...

The telescope, which they hope to launch into low Earth orbit in 2019, would be about the size of a dishwasher; its half-meter main mirror could fit on a coffee table.