Every time a large telescope is built, its designers must re-think the challenges, check every application, and improve on what has been done before. The 6.5-meter Baade and Clay telescopes were built ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area has fended ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...

The Hobby Eberly Telescope stands atop a hill before the beginning of a star party at McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas, on May 27.

A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that astronomers initially struggled to explain.