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You can 3D print your own telescope, but don't expect it to be a money-saver

The idea of 3D printing your own telescope sounds like the perfect blend of maker culture and backyard astronomy. You get to put your printer to work on something serious, assemble a real optical ...

The Quest to Build a Radio Telescope That Can Hear the Cosmic Dark Ages

Isolation dictates where we go to see into the far reaches of the universe. The Atacama Desert of Chile, the summit of Mauna ...

The race to build a super-large ground telescope is likely down to two competitors

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...
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Texas universities help build ‘giant’ telescope as it enters final design phase

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the largest telescopes ever built is one step closer to completion. On June 12, the National Science Foundation announced that the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is entering the ...
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Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX's Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it into orbit. A month ...