New and detailed atlas of the skies
Telescope maps three million galaxies in 300 hours.
A new radio telescope in outback Western Australia has just created an atlas of the southern sky in record-breaking t...
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A taste of James Webb’s potential
Research shows it will overcome the blinding glare of quasars.
How good will NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope be? Good enough to uncover things never before seen by humanity, ...
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Antarctica is the perfect place for stargazing
Dome A is officially the best place for astronomy.
Have you ever wondered why stars twinkle? It’s because turbulence in the Earth’s atmosphere makes light emitted from ...
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James Webb’s mirror, in all its glory
Deployment tests continue, but COVID-19 is forcing change.
This is how the primary mirror on the much-awaited James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will look when fully deployed....
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Engineering the Square Kilometre Array
Square Kilometre Array creates unique engineering challenges.
The largest, most powerful telescope ever conceived – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), is going to have over a hundr...
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Using a cosmic flashlight to illuminate dark galaxies
Astronomers report possible sightings of gas-filled galaxies that might explain star formation. A...
Astronomers have used the intense ultraviolet light emitted by quasars to potentially identify six mysterious “dark g...
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Kepler observatory set to run out of fuel
NASA’s deep space telescope may not see Christmas, scientists warn. Andrew Masterson reports.
The planet-hunting space observatory Kepler will run out of fuel within months, ending almost a decade of service, NA...
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Ancient 'telescope' to watch the stars
Passages to ancient tombs designed to make stars clear.
Megalithic tombs could have been designed as ingenious tools to observe the faintest stars – effectively telescopes w...