Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

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When it comes to viewing nebulae, galaxies, and other deep-sky objects, amateur astronomers on a budget have had two options.

"We're going to do it in three years, and we're going to do it for a ridiculously low price," Pete Klupar, executive director ...

D printing your own telescope is rewarding and customizable, but it rarely saves money once optics, materials, and time are ...

What can one expect from 3D printing an 8″ Newtonian telescope? [Molly Wakeling] shares her thoughts after doing exactly that ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

Size matters when it comes to telescopes. The bigger they are, the farther they can see. Prioritizing constructing large ones ...

In observations conducted between April 5 and April 10, 2017, the team looked at the relativistic jet produced by OJ 287, a ...