A few years ago, a friend of mine, who is also an advanced amateur astronomer, had something to say about the time in which we live: “I cannot remember life before the Internet.” I have to agree.

Telescope mounts connected to computers and stepper motors have been available to the amateur astronomer for a long time, and for good reason, too. With just the press of a button, any telescope can ...

The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) team developing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully tested software that will be used to bring the space observatory’s 18 mirror segments ...

Like many other hobbies, astronomy can be pursued on many levels, with equipment costs ranging from the affordable to the – well, astronomical. Thankfully, there are lots of entry-level telescopes on ...

The core Flight System (cFS), developed by NASA, is a reusable software framework and a set of pluggable software applications that take advantage of the rich heritage of NASA’s successful space ...

A backyard computerized GoTo telescope can automatically locate just about anything a beginner skywatcher might want to see. But how do you find out which objects are available when you are observing?

BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has delivered Wavefront Sensing & Control (WFS&C) software for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to prime ...

NASA is considering some software adjustments to the Hubble Space Telescope as the agency continues its effort to bring the sidelined telescope back into service. The recovery team is now examining ...

A group of UK institutions is going to build a prototype "brain" to control the world's biggest radio telescope. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will initially comprise 197 dishes and 130,000 ...

“WorldWide Telescope can bring a spectacular, interactive model of the night sky to everyone’s computer. Now, as additional Internet-based content for our observing stories, editors at Astronomy can ...