Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life. To find the answer, astronomers will ...

Fig. 1 | (a) The sketch of the PDSM-241. (b) Actuator layout (clear aperture: 270mm). (c) The self-corrected aberration of PDSM-241. A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, ...

Stars in the new images from the James Webb Space Telescope look sharper than they did before. And I’m not just talking about the image quality, which is astounding. I’m talking about the fact that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First Deep Field, ...

A small team of writers, astronomers, and curators are writing alt text of the images that contain vivid, detailed descriptions. The images are a treat for the eyes. And through a unique and dedicated ...

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 ...

The rapid evolution of diffractive optical elements (DOEs) is reshaping space telescope design by offering lightweight, compact and high-performance alternatives to conventional optical systems. These ...

The detailed design for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) developed by a U.S.-Canadian team is capable of delivering on the full promise of its enormous light-collecting area, according to the findings ...

There has long been a limiting factor in the development of space-based telescopes — launch fairings. These capsules essentially limit the overall size of the mirrors we are able to launch into space, ...