The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...
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The Largest Telescope in the World: A Giant Leap for Space Exploration
The world's largest telescope is almost as big as your house—and it’s unlocking the universe’s biggest mysteries.
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 ...
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Dark skies above world's best astronomy sites could be ruined by new energy project
The astronomical site in peril is Mount Paranal, where the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT ..
Webb telescope images of exoplanets "stunned researchers," offer insight into carbon dioxide, NASA says
The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...
James Webb Telescope discovers mysterious free-floating planet drifting through space
Known as SIMP 0136, the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope caught a glimpse of it floating through the universe all by ...
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A Giant Eye on the Sky: The ELT Could Detect Life at Proxima Centauri Overnight
With the promise of revolutionizing our view of nearby star systems, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is poised to do ...
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A Telescope's Last Gasp Gives Us the Earliest Photos of the Universe
Before it shut down, a telescope in Chile captured the universe's baby photos, just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. These ...
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Best telescopes for kids 2025: The best child-friendly scopes for young skywatchers.
Or if you're buying for teenagers consider our guide to the best beginner telescopes. And for another, more portable sky gazing option, we've got the best binoculars for kids. Best tabletop ...