Top telescopes share images online

Amateur astronomers now have internet access to imagery from the best telescopes on earth and in space with a new online service.

Virtual telescope opens night sky

Nearly tagged this as "travel" :) "Microsoft has launched WorldWide Telescope, a free tool that stitches together images from some of the best ground- and space-based telescopes.

Scientists moot telescope farm for moon

Astronomers looking for a clear and quiet place from which to map the faintest echoes from the universe's infancy may have found a welcome mat on the far side of the moon.

Telescope Farm on the Moon? Maybe...

March 19, 2008 -- Astronomers looking for a clear and quiet place from which to map the faintest echoes from the universe's infancy may have found a welcome mat on the far side of the moon.