China has recently completed the construction of what seems to be the largest radio telescope in the entire world. Claimed to be as big as "30 football fields", the colossal structure, known as the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), has been designed to look for alien life on far-away planets. The initiative, according to President…
New research on fast radio burst (FRB) has finally solved the long-standing mystery of “missing matter” in the universe. The breakthrough comes as part of another study, in which scientists for the first time have managed to determine the exact location of a fast radio burst taking place in a faraway galaxy. It was conducted…
As the saying goes - 'I see you'. For the next time you set your eyes on the moon, remember that an electronic set of eyes might be looking back at you from the same destination. According to Chinese officials, their advanced robotic telescope has been operating on quite an efficient level since it made…
A few days ago, we talked about the half-mile in diameter Aragoscope that might just take the place of the renowned Hubble Space Telescope. Well, this time around, another record is envisaged to be broken in the realm of astronomy with the $344 million Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST). Constructed by a consortium of…
While the Hubble Space Telescope has entered the annals of even our pop culture, the space-borne contraption (making its debut in 1990) is surely feeling its age, with its operational capacity expected to expire by 2020. So the question remains - what then? Well, one of the potential candidates to fill in its imminent shoes…
The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) array of telescopes at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, has at last become fully functional with its receiving of the first light. Designed by an European team with experts from Britain, Germany and Switzerland, the NGTS is envisaged as an advanced installation tailored to finding out exoplanets that are bigger…
The incredible predicament pertaining to advanced telescopic systems around the world doesn't actually involve the astronomical distances of the numerous celestial objects. The problem is rather related to earth's very own atmospheric layer that obstructs the path of perception from many telescopes. There are some solutions like the AO (Adaptive Optics) technology that helps in…