For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars in the universe affect light emitted from the Big Bang. Using telescopes ...

In 2024, the National Science Foundation stated there was only enough money for one giant US telescope. Now the thirty-meter telescope will be left empty-handed.

China has completed its first overseas new-generation radio telescope in northern Thailand, bolstering a global scientific network that monitors deep space signals and tracks subtle shifts in the ...

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Simulations indicate that future telescopes with moderate capabilities could detect population-level trends in atmospheric CO 2 on temperate terrestrial exoplanets, revealing signatures of the ...

The National Science Foundation will no longer fund the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope planned for construction atop Mauna Kea, instead choosing to back its international competitor, the ...

Gunpowder has been used for centuries, but did you know that the Chinese invented it by complete accident? Here's everything you need to know about the history.

Both TMT and Magellan are part of the U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Program, and the NSF has been contemplating a $1.6 billion cap on its commitment to that program for more than a year.

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Chinese researchers have engineered a laser system capable of discerning minute text and details from a distance of 1.36 kilometers. This innovative method, employing active intensity interferometry, ...

Still, launching telescopes into space is a lot of trouble and expense. Official work on Hubble started in the 1970s, but delays kept it on the ground for decades.

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