Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, ...

Over the past few years or so the most talked about kind of telescope was the one that is meant to operate in space. An ...

The observatory at the institute building is located in the dome of the Viktor-Franz-Hess-Building, which was already built in February 1986. In 1992 we started the planning work and the telescope ...

The world's largest digital camera made in the Bay Area has now been installed in Chile. The camera is the size of a car and ...

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has officially begun its journey of cosmic exploration after successfully ejecting its dust ...

An elevator hauls him slowly to a cylindrical observer’s cage inside the telescope itself, and the dome’s curved doors slide open to the cold mountain air. Perched high above the observatory ...

With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development?

American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching ...

The Kamaʻāina Observatory Experience, a free program offered by Maunakea Observatories, has returned to give island residents ...