Google’s Former C.E.O. Wants to Build a Cosmic Search Engine

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement

On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...
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NASA plans to build a giant radio telescope on the 'dark side' of the moon. Here's why.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) is currently in the planning phase but could soon become ...
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Eric and Wendy Schmidt to fund space telescope, three ground-based observatories

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.
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Scientists and engineers craft radio telescope bound for the moon

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the "major item of equipment" phase for the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night (LuSEE-Night), a ...
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Giant radio telescope in the Utah desert could reveal hidden corners of the cosmos — and brand-new physics

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite image of the South African MeerKAT radio telescope array with vast, cosmic bubbles of ...