The first privately funded space-based telescope is in the works

Lazuli’s design features a 3.1-meter mirror, which would make it larger than NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (but smaller than ...

Eric Schmidt will massively invest in private telescopes, including Hubble replacement

On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...
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NASA's Hubble finds 'Cloud-9' — the first confirmed detection of a failed galaxy

NASA's Hubble Telescope captured something unusual and came up with an accurate nickname. The newly discovered astronomical ...
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The First-Ever Private Space Telescope Could Launch before Decade’s End

Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private ...
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope confirms first-ever failed starless galaxy made of dark matter

Astronomers have spotted a unique cosmic phenomenon: a "relic," which is a primordial building block of a galaxy that never ...

Hubble’s Newest Discovery Isn’t a Star, It’s a Window Into the Dark Universe

Scientists have identified a strange cosmic relic called Cloud-9 — a starless, gas-filled object dominated by dark matter.
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James Webb telescope confirms a supermassive black hole running away from its host galaxy at 2 million mph, researchers say

JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing ...

The chaotic 'Dracula's Chivito': Hubble reveals largest birthplace of planets ever observed

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. For the first time in visible light, Hubble has revealed the disk is ...