Small bioptic telescopes mounted on glasses to help people with visual impairments have been in existence for about 60 years and are allowed for use in driving by 39 states in the U.S. Most of them ...

The Vaonis Hyperia telescope is priced to appeal to institutions such as observatories. It combines large optics with 17 ...

Utah researchers demonstrated the capabilities of their flat lens with test images of the sun and moon. Credit: Menon Lab, University of Utah Utah researchers demonstrated the capabilities of their ...

The Dragonfly Telephoto Array installed in New Mexico. It presently uses 48 Canon 400mm lenses (in two arrays), but that number will be increasing by quite a bit. Image by Pieter van Dokkum, Yale ...

The 24th day of the annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features dozens of galaxies in a cluster, most appearing stretched ...

If you’re someone who spends their evenings watching the night sky and trying to get a glimpse of meteor showers or constellations, a telescope is a must. What can be seen with the naked eye pales in ...

An illustration showing the final stage of a possible future giant telescope being created in space using fluids. Studio Ella Maru SHARE NASA is always searching for new ways to extend its ability to ...

For centuries, lenses have worked the same way: curved glass or plastic bending light to bring images into focus. But traditional lenses have a major drawback—the more powerful they need to be, the ...

For centuries, telescopes have relied oncurved glass lenses to bend light and bring the cosmos into focus. While effective, ...

Researchers have designed a new kind of telescope that is a cheaper, lighter and more powerful option than creating telescopes using ever-larger mirrors. With a fleet of the new space telescopes, they ...