They may have to compete with entrepreneurs flocking to the moon for business and mining. Gazing at the moon, you may see a face or a round of cheese, but some astronomers see the ideal spot for their ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) is currently in the planning phase but could soon become ...

"Because it's awesome" might very well be one of the reasons scientists want to build a giant telescope on the moon, and they wouldn't be wrong; it absolutely would be awesome. Fortunately, there are ...

You’ve got a laser cutter. You’ve got a 3D printer. What do you make? [Ayushmaan45] suggests a telescope. The modest instrument isn’t going to do serious astronomy with only 8X worth of optics, but it ...

SEATTLE (AP) - The people who want to send robots into space to mine precious metals from asteroids have found another way to use the expensive technology they are developing for their space venture.

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that time was “running out” in the race to build the next great optical telescope ...

Isolation dictates where we go to see into the far reaches of the universe. The Atacama Desert of Chile, the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the vast expanse of the Australian Outback—these are where ...

NASA scientists are currently working on plans to build a giant radio telescope in a nearly mile-wide crater on the "dark side" of the moon. If approved, it could be constructed as early as the 2030s ...