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Telescope could find alien life 'within 5 years'
Apr 20, 2021The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will be able to detect the signatures of life on other worlds.
Oldest, farthest known galaxy identified
VIDEO Jan 9, 2021Astronomers have identified a galaxy that is not only the oldest in the known universe, but also the farthest away.
Puerto Rico plans to rebuild Arecibo telescope
Jan 2, 2021The recently decommissioned observatory could rise from the rubble thanks to a new $8M government pledge.
Telescope captures close-up image of sunspot
Dec 7, 2020Measuring 10,000 miles across, this huge feature on the surface on the Sun could fit the whole Earth inside it.
Arecibo observatory has now totally collapsed
Dec 2, 2020The iconic telescope, which had shut recently after sustaining earthquake damage, has now collapsed.
Iconic Arecibo telescope 'close to collapsing'
VIDEO Nov 20, 2020The decision has been taken to dismantle the world-famous telescope after it suffered 'catastrophic' damage.
Giant radio telescope sets date for ET hunt
Jun 2, 2020China has announced when its 500-meter FAST telescope will begin searching for intelligent alien life.
Hubble celebrates 30th birthday with new image
VIDEO Apr 24, 2020The Hubble Space Telescope is often regarded to be one of the most important scientific tools ever built.
NASA lunar telescope looks like the Death Star
Apr 12, 2020A new plan to build a telescope on the Moon will make our lunar neighbor look like the Star Wars battle station.
Giant telescope to join the search for alien life
Dec 13, 2019The world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope is about to start operating after several years of testing.
Iconic telescope gains World Heritage status
VIDEO Jul 7, 2019The UK's Jodrell Bank Observatory has been formally recognized as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Quasar has brightness of 600 trillion suns
Jan 10, 2019The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the brightest quasar ever detected in the early universe.
NASA's Kepler telescope is officially dead
Oct 31, 2018The ground-breaking space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 exoplanets has finally run out of fuel.
Hubble in trouble as another gyroscope fails
Oct 8, 2018The iconic space telescope has now lost so many of its gyroscopes that it may never fully recover.
New planet-hunting telescope begins search
VIDEO Jul 29, 2018NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is now on the hunt for habitable extrasolar worlds.
Telescope receives upgrade, exceeds Hubble
Jul 18, 2018Adaptive optics technology has now made it possible for ground telescopes to take extremely sharp images.
James Webb Space Telescope sees more delays
Jun 29, 2018The ambitious new space telescope continues to be plagued by a never-ending string of setbacks.
Hubble Space Telescope has turned 28
Apr 24, 2018The world-famous telescope has been capturing images of the cosmos for the better part of three decades.
NASA to launch new planet-hunting telescope
Apr 13, 2018The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is due to lift off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday.
Astronomers detect most distant star to date
Apr 3, 2018The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the light from a very bright star over 9.3 billion lights years away.
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