Less than 1% of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies
The SKA-Low radio telescope in Western Australia is slowly coming online. It will probe the shape of the universe and study ...
Massive energy jets seen tearing through spiral galaxy much like our own
Scientists have discovered a star-smothering black hole energy jet tearing through a galaxy similar to the Milky Way.
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Outback telescope’s first image surpasses expectations
Less than one per cent of Australia's SKA-Low telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ...
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The Biggest Telescope on Earth Could Detect Life Around Other Stars in a Matter of Hours
The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a ...
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Giant Radio Telescope Unveils Sky of Ancient Galaxies
(SKA stands for "square kilometre array", describing the initial estimated collecting area of all the antennas and radio dishes ... first radio telescope capable of imaging this very early period of ...
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Accelerating jets from black holes
An international team of researchers used multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei to study how black holes launch relativistic jets. The sixteen sources were observed with the Event ...
Small star, mighty flares: ALMA shares new view of Proxima Centauri
At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known to be a very ...
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In a Sky Full of Satellites, Astronomers Find Creative Ways to Observe the Stars
Swarms of satellites launched by SpaceX and other companies are disrupting astronomical observations. Here's how scientists ...