Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...

These mysterious objects can have masses several million or billion times that of the Sun and are so dense that they warp space time around them. As far as astronomers know, all galaxies harbour a ...

Recent science updates include Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaking the sound barrier, progress on the Extremely Large Telescope ...

The boxes are due to be assembled into one giant mirror approximately 1-1/2 times the size of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The telescope's primary mirror will measure about 39.3 meters (130 feet ...

South Africa has taken one giant leap into exoplanet discovery capabilities and astronomical research with the launch of the ...

The galaxy, officially named LEDA 1313424, lies approximately 567 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in ...

A team of astronomers, including researchers from our top-rated Physics department, have discovered the largest radio jet ...

Giant radio galaxies are cosmic megastructures that can span millions of light-years, making them some of the largest-known ...