Telescope
This Is What the Most Powerful Ground Telescope on Earth Will Look Like
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) lives up to its name in a new concept animation.
The Kepler Mission Has Found Another 1,284 Planets—The Biggest Haul Yet
Some of these planets could host life.
Watch Mercury Make a Rare Transit Across the Sun on Monday
The planet won’t transit the Sun again until 2019.
The Most Beautiful Sights in Space Get an Art Exhibition
At Fermilab Art Gallery, cosmology collaborative The Dark Energy Survey shows off their images of space in the name of art.
Hawaii Supreme Court Invalidates Permit for Telescope Construction on Mauna Kea
The dispute between scientists and preservationist islanders is hardly over.
The Thirty Meter Telescope Is Finally Getting Built
Canada is finally on board with the mission to build one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.
Semiconductor's New Installation Is a Portal into the Cosmos
'Catching the Light' at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore features projected timelapses of raw deep space data.
100 Million Stars Shine in Hubble Telescope's Largest Image Ever
Assembled from 7,398 exposures, the image depicts our neighboring Andromeda galaxy in unprecedented detail.
Bad Coffee Is Dying a Slow Death in Paris
Coffee in Paris has been, historically speaking, rather dreadful—a bitter, black brew made from robusta beans. But now new cafés with a passion for good beans are slowly beginning to change French coffee culture for the better.
The World's Most Powerful Space Camera Begins Another Year of Incredible Photos
The Dark Energy Survey returns this fall. If it's anything like the first, expect many more wild space discoveries.
Try And Stare Into The Blackest Material In The World
A nanotech company has created Vantablack, a color that absorbs a record-breaking 99.96% of the light that hits it.