Eric and Wendy Schmidt's Lazuli, the first private space telescope in history, could fly to space as soon as 2029.

For hundreds of years, telescopes have allowed us to map the stars and study the great mysteries of the cosmos. Astronomers ...

Scientist celebrated today for changing our view of the universe. Aug. 25, 2009 — -- Who invented the telescope? Not Galileo. Who first pointed it at the heavens? Again, it wasn't Galileo. So ...