When it comes to telescopes, size matters. In order to keep learning new things about the universe, astronomers are constantly building bigger and better observatories to gaze at the cosmos both from ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn Scientists working on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have ...

The filters on NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument’s Color Filter Assembly each block all but a specific color, or wavelength, of light. Many of the filters appear dark in this photo ...

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the largest airborne observatory in the world, will receive a key component today when its telescope assembly arrives in Waco, Texas, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is one step closer to finishing the deployment of its massive sunshield. On Wednesday (Dec. 29), the huge new space observatory successfully extended its deployable ...

TURIN, Italy—Thales Alenia Space is reaching the final stages of assembling the Euclid space telescope, scheduled for launch in 2023, which aims to comprehend dark energy and dark matter. Dark energy ...

Upon arrival at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Optical Telescope Assembly for the agency's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was lifted out of the shipping fixture and placed with other ...

NASA/GSFC is soliciting information about potential sources for the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) Telescope Assembly. The JDEM is a space-based, medium aperture, wide field, optical telescope with ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has hit critical development milestones and is nearing final assembly. NASA is confident of its launch timeline, currently set for October 2018. Share on Facebook ...

NASA/DFRC intends to award a sole source contract to Universities Space Research Association (USRA) of Columbia, MD, 21044-3405, for support in the development and performance testing of the platform ...

April 6, 2011, 1:46 PM UTC / Source: GlobeNewswire REDONDO BEACH, Calif., April 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A giant structural steel frame used to assemble the eye of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope ...