When Cornell built the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico more than 60 years ago, it was the world's largest. Now, ...
Astronomers using the NSF Very Large Array report the first radio detection of a rare Type Ibn supernova, revealing how a massive star lost helium-rich material in the years before its explosion ...
A University of Manchester astronomer is set to build the most detailed and accurate model of the radio sky ever built, ...
Burst from M-dwarf star could be powerful enough to strip the atmosphere of any planets that orbit it, with implications for ...
If you pass quietly along the Kwabenya road at dusk, you might notice a giant white dish rising above the trees at Kutunse .
GREENBANK, W.Va. — Residents and students around the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Pocahontas County are finally ...
From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...
Scientists have observed the largest-known rotating structure in the cosmos - a gargantuan thread-like assemblage of hundreds ...
For decades, astronomers have mapped the Milky Way using visible light, but much of our galaxy has remained hidden behind ...
Astronomers have observed enormous filaments of galaxies tied together with dark matter — the stuff scientists believe makes ...
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What is Hubble and how does it work?

The Hubble Space Telescope has been quietly orbiting Earth for decades, but it’s still one of the most valuable tools […] ...
An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications ...