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 ...

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.

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 ...