The race to build a super-large ground telescope is likely down to two competitors

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...
Yahoo

Scientists want to build telescopes on the moon for up to $10 billion to see more of the universe than the James Webb Space Telescope

They may have to compete with entrepreneurs flocking to the moon for business and mining. Gazing at the moon, you may see a face or a round of cheese, but some astronomers see the ideal spot for their ...
IEEE Spectrum on MSN

The quest to build a radio telescope that can hear the cosmic dark ages

The catch: It will have to be on the moon ...
Aviation Week Network

Eric Schmidt Nonprofit To Build, Launch Private Space Telescope

Development of the Lazuli Space Observatory space-based telescope would be led by Schmidt Sciences, which characterizes it as ...

From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...
The Next Web

Space telescopes are great — so why do we still build ground-based ones?

At the dawn of the 17th Century, Galileo Galilei began the first major search of the night sky (as well as the Sun!) using a new Dutch invention — the telescope. In the era when William Shakespeare ...
Hackaday

Spin-Casting This Telescope Mirror In Resin Didn’t Go To Plan

For most of us, mirrors are something we buy instead of build. However, [Unnecessary Automation] wanted to craft mirrors of his own for a custom telescope build. As it turns out, producing ...