On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world’s largest digital camera is preparing to power up. Its mission is simple yet ambitious — to photograph the entire night sky in extreme detail and unlock ...

That's the ethos behind Vaonis's Hestia. It's not a smart telescope, or even a normal telescope. Think of it as a lens to ...

If you've ever pointed your smartphone's camera skyward on a full moon, chances are you were pretty disappointed with the result. French smart telescope maker Vaonis is aiming to get you closer to the ...

TUCSON, Ariz (KGUN) — The most powerful space telescope ever made is coming into sharp focus through a camera designed by the University of Arizona. The James Webb Space Telescope is the product of ...

Many observatories have captured the Helix Nebula, but none in such detail as the Webb.

Astronomers develop a cheap technique to improve ground-based telescope resolution to rival space-based telescopes. Images: Taking the blur out of heavenly pictures Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

One of the most prolific camera eyes on the Hubble Space Telescope has gone dark, and scientists are scrambling to understand why. Hubble's Advanced Camera for ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) -The solar eclipse is just a week away and Rick Murray is busy practicing. Seven years ago he found himself in the path of totality, the best place to be during an eclipse. Using ...

Scientists all over the world are celebrating because of a discovery made by a telescope built in the Bay Area. New objects, including some of the biggest, fastest moving asteroids ever seen, are ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is marking a special occasion today, March 7, 2022, with the 20th anniversary of the installation of one of its most important instruments, the Advanced Camera for Surveys ...

Technicians are putting the final touches on the world's largest digital camera at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The camera will be sent to Chile and installed on a telescope in the Andes.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... JET PROPULSION LABORATORY — It is a slide show like no other. NASA on Tuesday, July 12, began releasing the full set of full-colored “deep field” images and ...