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

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

In this field, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile stands out as one of the world’s most ...

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

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

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt aims to fly the first private space telescope by 2029. Will it pave the way for more private ...

New Mexico’s Plains of San Agustin are otherworldly: Silence, sand and sharp plants reign on the valley floor. Knobbly volcanic rock rises above. Pronghorns’ legs and jackrabbits’ ears break up the ...

Observatory (SKAO) has announced the successful conclusion of a key test of its South Africa-based SKA-Mid instrument. The ...

Researchers have developed a new method using the Allen Telescope Array to search for interplanetary radio communication in the TRAPPIST-1 star system. A new technique allows astronomers to home in on ...