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

Using quantum effects in a 2D material, researchers created a tunable metasurface that toggles between reflecting and ...

On Mars, in the belly of a rover named Perseverance, a titanium tube holds a stone more precious than any diamond or ruby on ...

Controlling light is an important technological challenge – not just at the large scale of optics in microscopes and telescopes, but also at the ...

"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 ...

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.

On Wednesday, Schmidt Sciences - an organization funded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy Schmidt - ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private ...

From volcanic landscapes to world-class observatories, a journey through the Canary Islands reveals a night sky unlike ...