Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...
The University of Texas at Austin's Daniel T. Jaffe has been appointed as the new president of the Giant Magellan Telescope ...
After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A ...
On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...
The group building what could become the world's most powerful optical telescope, the Giant Magellan, has a new leader. The ...
Orbital Robotics, a space startup founded by Blue Origin veterans, is recruiting partners in its quest to build AI-powered ...
A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...
(THE CONVERSATION) In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new ...
Among other things, the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to get us closer to finding habitable worlds around faraway ...
PASADENA, CA – January 13, 2026 – The GMTO Corporation, the international consortium building the Giant Magellan Telescope, ...
Sensitive equipment and historical artifacts — including the Mills spectrograph used in the observatory’s early days to ...
"We're going to do it in three years, and we're going to do it for a ridiculously low price," Pete Klupar, executive director ...