Telescope mirror coatings (e.g., silver, gold, aluminum) determine which wavelengths of light are reflected. X-ray telescopes use specially shaped mirrors to reflect X-rays, which are normally ...

Radio astronomy, which utilizes specific radio wavelengths for celestial observations, faces severe interference from the rapidly increasing number of satellites and ground-based wireless technologies ...

Specialists at Australia's Square Kilometer Array (SKA) released a report this week showing Starlink's unexpected impact on radio astronomy. Despite national and international protections against ...

At the dawn of the 17th Century, Galileo Galilei began the first major search of the night sky (as well as the Sun!) using a new Dutch invention — the telescope. In the era when William Shakespeare ...

On Friday, March 25, the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine held their weekly public program for the month of March: “Unveiling the Invisible Universe.” “‘Unveiling the ...

Visible light is just one part of the electromagnetic spectrum that astronomers use to study the Universe. The James Webb Space Telescope was built to see infrared light, other space telescopes ...