“We don’t own a telescope. We don’t operate a telescope,” Ed Lu, executive director of the Asteroid Institute and co-founder of the B612 Foundation, said during a discussion about the ...
In times like these, we all need to look beyond ourselves. This project might help: OnStep is an open-source telescope controller, a device that controls a telescope to point at something ...
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to show signs of its advanced age. Late last month, the iconic observatory went into a protective "safe mode" after detecting anomalous readings from a ...
In one corner, old planes, chisels ... Across the store are those magical telescopes, including binoculars, for viewing the far away up close. If you want to talk optics, eyepieces, or the ...
Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. It’s not easy being a 34-year-old space telescope. NASA is troubleshooting an issue with the elderly Hubble Space Telescope that has ...