Observatories
First Mirror Cast for the Giant Magellan Telescope
Workers at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory Mirror Lab have cast the first mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope.…
Binocular Telescope Sees First Light
The massive Large Binocular Telescope, mounted atop Mount Graham in Arizona achieved a major milestone on October 12 with its…
Keck Can Turn Down Starlight to See Planetary Disks
The massive Keck Observatory at the top of Hawaii's Mauna Kea has learned a new trick: it can block the…
Giant South African Telescope Online
After 5 years of construction, the Southern African Large Telescope is now online, and has captured its first images -…
Space Telescope Could Unfold in Space
A clever new telescope design could allow engineers to pack larger folding space telescopes into smaller spaces on rockets, dramatically…
APEX Telescope Sees First Light
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) achieved a new milestone this week when it made its first observations. APEX consists of…
Extremely Large Telescope Takes the Next Step
Bigger is better. When you're making a telescope, you want to construct the biggest mirror you can. The European consortium…
Podcast: Having a BLAST in the Arctic
If you're an astronomer and you want to escape the Earth's hazy atmosphere, you need a space telescope... right? Not…
Making the Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope
Workers at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab have begun pre-firing one of the 8.4 metre mirror segments…
Capturing the Fastest Events in the Universe
A new high-speed camera has been mounted to the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile. This ultra fast…