The world's first telescope, crafted in 1608 by the Dutch eyeglass maker Hans Lippershey, led to stunning technologies that would later revolutionize our understanding of the universe. While his ...

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Every time we point a telescope at the sky we’re looking into the past. This chart shows how far we can go. Right now, Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field IR can see as far as 480 million years after the Big ...

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A ...

Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail? The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet. Exciting stuff but the raw image just ...

Editor’s Note (3/10/25): After a week of delays, NASA is hoping to launch SPHEREx and PUNCH on March 10 at 11:10 P.M. EDT, officials wrote in a statement. NASA is ready to launch a space telescope to ...

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Telescopes have come a long way since the first one was invented in 1608. So what's the most powerful telescope operating today, and how far can it see? When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

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