A new batch of 15 Giant Radio Galaxies, the largest of which is 12.4 light-years wide, could help reveal how black holes and ...

An interferometer is when several separate telescopes work in unison as one, acting like a larger, more powerful telescope. It is more commonly used in radio astronomy, where radio telescopes can ...

The way to be certain is to observe the planet directly, but that would take a space telescope with a mirror ... fueled in part by the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) for ...

Astronomers have now produced the highest resolution direct images ever taken of a supermassive black hole in the infrared, using the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer. Active galactic ...

The Hubble Space Telescope redefined our view of the universe ... In 2016, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo collaborations announced the first detections ...

Pease at the Mount Wilson Observatory on December 13, 1920, with a 20-foot Michelson interferometer attached to the 100-inch reflecting telescope. The method employed is due to Prof. Michelson ...

Research breakthroughs are often sagas of passion, curiosity and sacrifice. If Trump’s proposed budget cuts for 2026 are ...

This is an image of the star WOH G64, taken by the GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI). This is the first close-up ...

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The Spitzer Space Telescope launched in 2003 and was dedicated ... when the first gravitational waves were captured by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory or LIGO, an event ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Astronomers have captured the highest resolution infrared images of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) using the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer. The ...