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A new European-led telescope project, the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST), promises to map parts of ...

Scientists are building the biggest telescope of its kind to try and find the “architecture of the universe”. The new MOTHRA telescope hopes to reveal the “cosmic web”, which huge network of gas and ...

Why build a telescope? YOLO, as the kids say. Having decided that, one must decide what type of far-seer one will construct. For his 10″ reflector, [Carl Anderson] once again said “Yolo”— this time ...

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For the first time, the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk around a planet has been revealed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The cosmic butterfly has also produced plenty of PAHs – large hydrocarbon molecules that could play a key early role in prebiotic chemistry. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Astronomer Robert Kirshner investigates some of the universe’s biggest questions: What happens when a star explodes? Is the universe still expanding? He recently added a new mystery to the list: Is ...

NASA scientists are currently working on plans to build a giant radio telescope in a nearly mile-wide crater on the "dark side" of the moon. If approved, it could be constructed as early as the 2030s ...