They may have to compete with entrepreneurs flocking to the moon for business and mining. Gazing at the moon, you may see a face or a round of cheese, but some astronomers see the ideal spot for their ...

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 ...

With construction complete, the telescope will now move into final testing. Following testing, Roman will be packaged and ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Because it's awesome" might very well be one of the reasons scientists want to build a giant telescope on the moon, and they wouldn't be wrong; it absolutely would be awesome. Fortunately, there are ...

Willard L. Eccles Foundation Gives $600,000 for New Facility The Willard L. Eccles Foundation donated $600,000 so the University of Utah can build a 32-inch, research-class, optical telescope in ...

Astronomers in Chile have been building the world's most powerful telescope high up in the Atacama desert. The Alma (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope facility involves the ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. NASA engineers are studying the feasibility of building a massive, kilometre-wide radio telescope on ...

Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies — and increasingly by commercial companies — are set to visit the Moon by the end of this decade ...

Yes. So sad that the 0.000125% of people on the earth who are professional astronomers have to yield anything to the needs and wants of the 99.999875% of people who aren't. Click to expand... I'll ...

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