Hypertelescope capable of direct high-resolution imaging with a high limiting magnitude have been built and tested on Earth. The Hypertelescope group have proposed giant telescopes 10-25 kilometers ...

When galaxies collide, it's not a gentle affair, but it does take millions of years. Over this time, the two massive star ...

As frustrating as having an atmosphere can be for physicists, it’s just as bad for astronomers, who have to deal with clouds, ...

EADS is exploring potential adaptation of the Eurohawk electronic intelligence (ELINT) -gathering interferometer array for use as the basis of a "Wild Weasel" unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV). The ...

Georgia State’s CHARA array is an optical interferometer located on Mount Wilson, California CREDIT Georgia State University Plans are underway to add a seventh movable telescope to Georgia State ...

The early universe was already warm before reionization, revealing that the first stars did not flicker on in an icy cosmos.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A Giant Radio Galaxy as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large ...

A high-precision fiber laser system developed by NKT Photonics and TeraXion is at the heart of a major new astronomical observatory that has just started operations – the Atacama Large ...

Plans are underway to add a seventh movable telescope to Georgia State University’s Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy— known as the CHARA Array—that would increase the resolution, or the ...