Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are among the most energetic phenomena observed in the universe. These luminous objects, powered ...

University of Arizona astronomers have now produced the highest resolution direct images ever taken of a supermassive black hole in the infrared, using the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer.

Researchers from the University of Arizona and Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany have now created the sharpest ...

IMFR11GHz is a Michelson interferometer, in which a light source is split into two beams, which are reflected by mirrors back to the detector. [alfazoOm] is basing his telescope off of the Stony ...

"The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer can be considered the first extremely large telescope, so it's very exciting to prove this is possible," said Jacob Isbell, a postdoctoral research ...

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer astronomers have constructed the most detailed image ever of this, or any star other than the Sun. Using the same data they have also made the ...

It is also very sensitive to disturbances, so gives clues about a galaxy's surroundings ... The global astronomy community is collaborating on building the next large radio telescope interferometer, ...

Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) found various silicate compounds and potentially iron, substances we also find in large ...