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India installs world's first liquid mirror telescope
The ILMT telescope contains more than 50 liters of mercury, or nearly 700 kg, and is expected to generate 10-15 GB of data per night.
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American astronomer declares 'shock' about alien habitation
A leading American space scientist has claimed that he knows the best spots to search for alien life.
Space science
Telescope catches 'echoes' from 8 invisible monsters
Just like how bats emit sound waves and see objects through reflected waves, NASA's NICER telescope accidentally discovered 8 invisible monsters right in the Milky Way.
Space science
The meteor shower is about to peak at 50 streaks of light per hour
Astronomy buffs around the world will get the chance to watch the Eta Aquarids meteor shower peak mid-week.
Space science
Photographer who spent 10 years capturing 48 beautiful colors of the Moon
It turns out that the moon is not only gray or dark gray as we often see, instead its color is extremely diverse.
Space science
The telescope accidentally caught the 'monster' that distorts space - time
FERMI - NASA's super gamma-ray space telescope - could be the next warrior on a mission to hunt down the merger and collision events of the most terrible monsters in the…
Space science
Caught another galactic 'through-the-air' laser that shot to Earth
The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa has captured a ghostly, laser-like cosmic object that traveled 5 billion light-weights to reach our world.
Space science
Radio telescope 30 times the diameter of Earth
China will launch an observatory orbiting the Moon to create a radio telescope with a diameter of 400,000 km.
Space science
Astronomers have narrowed down the location of the most mysterious planet in the Solar System
Now, astronomers are edging closer to uncovering one of the biggest mysteries in decades - the ninth planet in the Solar System - a giant planet, which may be orbiting t…
Space science
The observatory caught the signal of 97 newly born 'Solar System'
VLA and ALMA, humanity's two heavy-duty radio astronomical observatories, have collected spectacular data sets of 97 fledgling stars with protoplanetary disks.
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Why did NASA spend $10 billion on James Webb glasses?
Technical challenges and delays were the main reasons why NASA's James Webb super telescope cost many times more than expected.
Space science
4 telescopes together 'catch' the cosmic monster that is tearing its companion
Scientists have recorded warm, cold winds from a monster star for the first time as it consumes material from its ill-fated companion.
Space science
Amazing images: The telescope caught 4.4 million 'monsters' from black holes to galaxies
Scientists have used the LOFAR Low-Frequency Radio Telescope Array to map more than a quarter of the northern sky as seen from Earth, revealing a series of stunning cosm…
Space science
Photograph of a merging galaxy 681 million light-years away
Observations from space and ground telescopes provide a stunning view of the three-galactic collision known as IC 2431.
Space science
Appears an unknown object leading the way to the '9th planet'
According to the Daily Mail, the object identified by the Vatican's Advanced Technology Telescope, dubbed 2021 XD7, takes 286 years to complete one orbit around the Sun.