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From Edwin Hubble to the Giant Magellan Telescope Project, the University of Chicago has been at the forefront of advancements in telescope technology, leading to new and revolutionary cosmological discoveries.

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Scientists confirm third-nearest star with a planet—and it’s rocky like Earth 3-d illustration of a rocky planet with veins of magma

Scientists confirm third-nearest star with a planet—and it’s rocky like Earth

Aging stars provide a new cosmological yardstick Telescope image focused on a red star

Aging stars provide a new cosmological yardstick

UChicago researchers verify a new method of measuring distances to faraway galaxies

UChicago undergrads discover bright lensed galaxy in the early universe image of zoom session of class with undergrads, TA and professor

UChicago undergrads discover bright lensed galaxy in the early universe

NSF grant accelerates development for one of the world’s most powerful telescopes Giant Magellan Telescope rendering at night

NSF grant accelerates development for one of the world’s most powerful telescopes

UChicago-affiliated Giant Magellan Telescope to transform humanity’s view and understanding of the universe at first light

New telescope reveals most detailed images of sun’s surface Bubbles and cracks image of the sun surface

New telescope reveals most detailed images of sun’s surface

Inouye Solar Telescope to play critical role in better understanding sun, space weather

Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster as X-ray magnifying lens Phoenix galaxy cluster

Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster as X-ray magnifying lens

Nearly a decade in the making, exoplanet-hunting instrument installed in Hawaii Gemini Observatory

Nearly a decade in the making, exoplanet-hunting instrument installed in Hawaii

Ambitious project to map the Big Bang’s afterglow earns NSF funding South Pole Telescope at night

Ambitious project to map the Big Bang’s afterglow earns NSF funding

Lecture series to examine growing research on gravitational waves Merging black holes

Lecture series to examine growing research on gravitational waves

UChicago mathematician, physicists win $3 million ‘Oscars of science’ Alex Eskin

UChicago mathematician, physicists win $3 million ‘Oscars of science’