The University of Arizona will get $3 million and some TV fame for polishing the 4.3-meter mirror of a new $40 million telescope partially funded by the owners of the Discovery Channel. Under a ...
A privately funded telescope has taken its first images, capping off a two decades-long quest to construct the facility for research and public engagement. The Discovery Channel Telescope is an ...
When you become a young observer of the skies, happy to be out in a dark field at night with a 6-inch or 8-inch scope, you never dream of the kind of night of observing I experienced on Thursday, June ...
The UA College of Optical Sciences is putting the final touches on an ultra-thin mirror that will be a crucial part of a new telescope funded by Discovery Communications and the Lowell Observatory.