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Rubin Observatory in Chile. Launched in 2023, the ESA's $1.5 billion Euclid space telescope is equipped with a near-perfect 3-feet 11-inch-wide primary mirror and two instruments: a 600 megapixel ...
The KM3NeT (Kilometer Cube Neutrino Telescope) is a large underwater observatory designed to detect neutrinos through their interactions in water. It is divided into two detectors, one of which ...
Observatory leaders have assured local emergency officials their public service will continue, but questions linger about how and where that work will happen. For more than 100 years, the Hawaiian ...
On Thursday night, March 13, the weather was far better behaved than expected. We were counting on rain and even snow, but over three-quarters of the Lunar Eclipse was uncovered and beautiful to ...
A world-leading telescope in WA's outback reached a critical milestone after capturing its first image. Doctor Sarah Pearce is the telescope director and says the image quality will improve as the ...
A planned Chinese observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert is facing possible cancellation after US officials in recent months have raised concerns about its potential military applications.
Here’s how it works. A major milestone with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has been reached with the installation of the telescope's enormous LSST Camera — the last optical component required ...
A brilliant comet lights up the night sky over Chile's Atacama Desert in this stunning image captured by a photographer with the European Southern Observatory in January 2025. What you're seeing ...
NOAA, the nation’s leading climate science agency, may lose dozens of offices, including one that is key to the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. By Austyn Gaffney On the flanks of the largest ...
But for those who have not managed to catch a glimpse yet, here is the view from LA as part of a livestream put out by Griffith Observatory. For most of the UK the eclipse will be partial as the ...
The Alaska Volcano Observatory on Wednesday said Mount Spurr is at risk of erupting within the next few weeks or months, potentially impacting residents 78 miles away in the city of Anchorage.
Watch the launch in the player above. SpaceX launched the Spherex observatory from California, putting it on course to fly over Earth’s poles. Tagging along were four suitcase-size satellites to ...