Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

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

NASA is ramping up work on one large space telescope while also laying the groundwork for future observatories.

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

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

NASA announced the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept.

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

UT-Austin just took a big step in its process of building one of the largest telescopes in the world as the Giant Magellan Telescope is moving into its final design phase to get federal funding ...

How did the universe begin? How do planets form and galaxies develop? Could life exist anywhere else in the cosmos? Questions that have long eluded astronomers could finally be answered with the ...

NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin have all successfully launched superheavy-lift rockets. These massive vehicles are designed to ...

The National Weather Service expects a storm to hit Mount Hamilton on Friday night and bring 2 to 2 1/2 inches of rain to the ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope is under construction in a Chilean desert, one of the best places on Earth to view space Credit: photo via GiantMagellan.Org UT-Austin just took a big step in its process ...