A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces of nearby stars ...

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 construction of the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope is making significant strides in the remote Atacama Desert of Chile. Known as the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), this ...