The brightest fast radio burst ever observed emerged from a group of ancient galaxies that appear to be merging, observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed. The finding surprised ...

China has kicked off of a second phase of construction to enhance the capabilities of what is already the world's largest single-dish radio telescope. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical ...

China's enormous Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) has hit the headlines this week after state media reported it had found mysterious signals from space. There was speculation ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Danny C. Price, Senior research fellow, Curtin ...

A signal detected by a Chinese telescope and originally reported as possible evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence is almost certainly due to human factors, one of the researchers on the project ...

A newly discovered exoplanet rekindles humanity’s oldest question: Are we alone? The discovery of a potentially habitable exoplanet by the James Webb Space Telescope sparks fresh curiosity across ...

Getting your first telescope should feel exciting, not frustrating. If I avoid a few common beginner mistakes, I can turn ...

The University of Minnesota received a grant in2021 to construct a telescope that can quickly find astronomical events. This fall, the team began creating the telescopes for deployment in Magdalena ...