The two telescopes will better support China's lunar exploration projects and radio astronomy research, the observatory said. Located in the southwestern and northeastern parts of China ...

Astronomers have traced two mysterious fast radio bursts from space to wildly different places, which suggests the phenomenon ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting telescope in 1609. Although not the inventor of the telescope, Galileo was the ...

stating that the Lovell telescope is so powerful it... As has been theorized for decades, the far side of the moon would indeed be an amazing place to stare out into the universe. With this in ...

Astronomer Gianluca Masi shared a composite photo taken during the event using the Virtual Telescope Project in Manciano, Italy. The photo is composed of multiple images taken during the lunar ...

western Russia and eastern Greenland in an event known as a lunar occultation. Astronomer Gianluca Masi shared a composite photo taken during the event using the Virtual Telescope Project in Manciano, ...