Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...

The massive dome measures 305 feet (93 meters) in diameter, or about the size of a football field and stands 263 feet (80 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 35th anniversary in space today, but even as a senior citizen in the spacecraft ...

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar telescope, can see the sun in unprecedented detail. Here is ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's most powerful solar telescope, operated by ...

The Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS) located in Freiburg, Germany, has installed a high-precision measuring instrument for the ...

Peeking out through the open roof is the white frame of the telescope's main structure that will support its optical equipment, including its primary mirror that measures 128 feet (39 meters ...

The world's largest solar telescope has reached an important milestone. The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the instrument.

In a breathtaking new photograph shared by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the sun rises behind the Extremely Large ...

A large-aperture auto-tracking optical telescope and a new astronomical observation pod were installed to enhance space debris threat warnings and support global space governance. Currently ...

Located southwest of Tucson on the Tohono O’odham Nation, Kitt Peak National Observatory is home to one of the world’s largest collections of optical and radio telescopes. Sitting at 6,880 ...