A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...

A first-of-its-kind space telescope could soon launch into orbit and potentially chart a new path forward for astronomy.

As reported by Science, the telescope was announced at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society this week and could be ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt's Lazuli, the first private space telescope in history, could fly to space as soon as 2029.

But first, a bit of space telescope history. One of the most powerful space-based telescopes to be launched into the Earth’s ...

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

"We're going to do it in three years, and we're going to do it for a ridiculously low price," Pete Klupar, executive director ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is a masterwork of engineering and human ingenuity. Hubble is comparable in size and weight to a large school bus, but its contributions to science and astronomy could fill ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers traced how Milky Way–like galaxies formed and changed over time.

During its 35 years of orbiting the Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope has transmitted endless streams of magnificent images, confirmed the existence of "dark matter," and helped track a vagabond black ...