On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world’s largest digital camera ... several other telescopes for a number of reasons. ...

A giant new telescope in Chile has opened ... Camera), which has only a fraction of the power of the observatory's science camera. The observatory is designed to peer deep into the cosmos to create an ...

Make the most of January's new moon and survey the darkened skies with the best telescopes. Our guide will help you choose the right scope, no matter your budget or experience. Are you new to ...

Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...

And for the camera ... 4K ultra-high-definition TV screens. Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory "If we're to complete this survey of the sky, we're going to need a big telescope ...

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...

Optical components of the telescope’s cameras can be seen in the foreground. — Photo courtesy of the National Science Foundation The telescope’s construction was completed in December 2021 ...

This image of Jupiter from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ... Camera) took four images 10 hours apart, each using a different filter. In the main image, above, brightness indicates high ...

Its swirling spiral arms display a high rate of star ... fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter ...