Since the dawn of the Space Age, the inner planets and the Earth-Moon system have gotten the lion’s share of attention. That makes sense; it’s a lot easier to get to the Moon, or even Mars, than it is to Saturn or Neptune. So our probes have mostly ventured into the relatively comfortable confines of … Read more
The red tape has stalled plans to install the city’s first free public observatory in a Bronx park, and organizers now fear they may have to pull the plug on the project. The grand opening of the dome in Jerome Park, near the Bronx High School of Science, was scheduled for this spring. But in … Read more
Astronomers are about to capture a time-lapse of the night sky using the largest digital camera ever built. Chile’s new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, designed to reveal every new or moving point of light and the structure of the universe, will take so many pictures, so quickly, that it will effectively produce an astronomical movie … Read more
WASHINGTON — Congressional language aimed at accelerating work on a future NASA space telescope has the side effect of forcing the agency to disband a team it created to guide the mission’s early development. NASA created two committees last year to support early development of the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a large space telescope recommended by … Read more