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The search for more Earth-like planets ramps up

Posted in Science on 27th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new collaboration aims to bring separate telescopes together into a family, united by the single goal of seeking habitable worlds.

Most powerful space telescope ever to launch in 2018

Posted in Science on 22nd Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

As the Hubble Telescope celebrates 25 years in space this week, NASA is building an even more powerful tool to look deeper into the universe than ever before.

Looking deeply into the universe in 3D

Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

The MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope has given astronomers the best ever 3D view of the deep universe.

Planck telescope puts new datestamp on first stars

Posted in Hardware on 5th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

The first stars in the Universe lit up later than was previously thought.

Aragoscope is space telescope system that could achieve 1000 times higher resolution than Hubble

Posted in Hardware on 24th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new space telescope concept could allow scientists to image space objects like black hole event horizons and plasma swaps between stars