The European Southern Observatory bills its Very Large Telescope array as the world's most advanced optical instrument. Each of the four Unit telescopes, boasting mirrors 27 feet (8.2 meters ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

We've searched the vast array of telescope options that ... Save over $90 on this Go-To telescope that comes with a very large aperture and plenty of accessories. It is an older model, but that ...

This is not an incremental step forward: the Allen Telescope Array was constructed to increase the stellar reconnaissance for artificial signals by orders of magnitude. It is a very large step for ...

This revelation was made possible by the combined power of WEAVE, LOFAR, the Very Large Array (VLA), and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). “The details of the shock and the unfolding ...

Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...

It is the world’s largest radio telescope array operating at microwave frequencies. It’s also where Jodie Foster heard an alien signal in the 1997 movie “Contact”. But now the Jansky Very Large Array ...

An curved arrow pointing right. On April 26, the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope achieved “first light” on its new optics system, shooting four lasers into the sky for ...

Software engineers have been hard at work to establish a common language for a global conversation. The topic—revealing the ...

On 19 December 2018, the Cherenkov Telescope ... are very high-energy electromagnetic radiation emitted by the hottest and most powerful objects in the Universe—such as supermassive black holes, ...

One of telescopes is located in North Liberty ... The NRAO also operates the Very Large Array, which is 27 antennas located about 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico. The VLA’s signal runs ...