Using the Large Phased Array (LPA) and the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers from ...
Astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell detected a strange signal from outer space that would lead to the discovery of the radio ...
SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite image of the South African MeerKAT radio telescope array with vast, cosmic bubbles of ...
The secret Cold War role played by a giant radio telescope in the middle of the Cheshire countryside has been revealed.
In July 2025, astronomers reached an exciting milestone in their hunt to understand how planets and life begin. For the first ...
In an ambitious leap forward for radio astronomy, the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE-Night) is preparing to embark on a groundbreaking mission to the Moon’s far side. This historic ...
A long-delayed project to build the largest telescope in the Northern Hemisphere atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii has been given new ...
Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after ...
The JWST's MIRI detected a flare in Sagittarius A*, revealing for the first time in mid-infrared how an explosion occurs near a black hole.
They may have to compete with entrepreneurs flocking to the moon for business and mining. Gazing at the moon, you may see a face or a round of cheese, but some astronomers see the ideal spot for their ...