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

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

CAPE TOWN, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO) announced on Wednesday that the growing SKA-Mid telescope array in South Africa has achieved "first fringes" using two of ...

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

A new lens-free imaging system uses software to see finer details from farther away than optical systems ever could before.

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt aims to fly the first private space telescope by 2029. Will it pave the way for more private ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite image of the South African MeerKAT radio telescope array with vast, cosmic bubbles of ...

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

New Mexico’s Plains of San Agustin are otherworldly: Silence, sand and sharp plants reign on the valley floor. Knobbly volcanic rock rises above. Pronghorns’ legs and jackrabbits’ ears break up the ...

Observatory (SKAO) has announced the successful conclusion of a key test of its South Africa-based SKA-Mid instrument. The ...