When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) is currently in the planning phase but could soon become ...

In 2015, China and Argentina launched a collaborative project to build a 40-metre-diameter radio telescope in the San Juan province of Argentina. The China–Argentina Radio Telescope (CART) is now ...

This Saturday is National Astronomy Day, the semi-annual event that celebrates the observation of the heavens. Science museums, universities, and astronomy groups have various events to pique public ...

China’s plan to build a radio telescope at the Félix Aguilar Astronomical Observatory in Argentina has been halted by ...

NASA scientists are currently working on plans to build a giant radio telescope in a nearly mile-wide crater on the "dark side" of the moon. If approved, it could be constructed as early as the 2030s ...

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. Because their hardware is small ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the largest telescopes ever built is one step closer to completion. On June 12, the National Science Foundation announced that the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is entering the ...

On Valentine's Day 1990, from a dark and frozen spot on the outer edges of our solar system, the spacecraft Voyager 1 turned around to take one last photo of the world it left behind. Viewed from a ...

There was a time when building a telescope was a rite of passage for budding astronomers, much as building a radio was the coming age for electronics folks. These days, many things are cheaper to buy ...

PASADENA, Calif.–Five institutions from North America and Europe have created a consortium to oversee the building of a 25-meter submillimeter telescope on a high elevation in Chile. When completed in ...

NASA doesn't plan to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope until 2027, but a core component of the telescope is now complete. The team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center reports that the ...