地球外知的生命体探査プロジェクトのSETI Instituteが、宇宙からの信号を処理するためにカリフォルニア大学バークレー校のHat Creek Radio Observatoryに設置されたAllen Telescope Arrayの活動を中断した。連邦政府や州からの補助金削減のため資金が不足しているという。

The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is located at the Hat Creek Observatory in the Cascade Mountains of California, approximately 300 miles to the north of San Francisco and two dozen miles north of ...

Schmidt Science, a foundation founded by Eric Schmidt, co-founder and former CEO of Google, has announced a new observation system as one of the largest private investments in astronomy ever. The ...

Prior to World War II the vast majority of telescopes built around the world were funded by wealthy people with an interest in the heavens above. However, after the war, two significant developments ...

PHOENIX — A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a space telescope larger than Hubble that its backers say can be built ...