Every gram matters when sending objects into space, while telescopes flown aboard balloons or aircraft need to be compact. Although reflecting telescopes can be much lighter than similar-sized ...

The Lowell Discovery Telescope stands as one of the largest telescopes in the country, swiftly adapting via unique instrument ...

The Newtonian reflecting telescope has been in use for centuries since its invention by Isaac Newton in 1668. Unlike refracting telescopes (whose lenses are very expensive), the Newtonian ...

The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe ...