At the core of the VTF are two extremely precise devices called Fabry-Pérot interferometers. These instruments scan the sun’s ...

The world's largest solar telescope has reached an important milestone. The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the instrument.

In a nutshell The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope’s new Visible Tunable Filter (VTF) instrument has achieved “first light,” ...

John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It's right next to a model of a NASA space shuttle ...

UCSB Physics Professor Roger Freedman held our attention three years ago as he explained the wonders and understanding that ...

The Inouye Solar Telescope's VTF achieves a milestone with its first images, revealing intricate sunspot structures at an ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

Exactly 35 years ago this week, the Hubble Space Telescope was released from the Space Shuttle Discovery cargo hatch. Four ...

A series of spectacular images of the cosmos has been released to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in space ...

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space on April 24, 1990, ushering an array of scientific discoveries for the past 35 years.

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...