The 21st century is featuring a second space age that is increasingly private.

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 ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy Schmidt, have committed private funding to four ambitious telescope projects that together could reshape modern astronomy. Announced this ...