For decades, scientists have observed the cosmos with radio antennas to visualize the dark, distant regions of the universe.

New Mexico’s Plains of San Agustin are otherworldly: Silence, sand and sharp plants reign on the valley floor. Knobbly volcanic rock rises above. Pronghorns’ legs and jackrabbits’ ears break up the ...

On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...

Radio telescopes let you study the universe by collecting faint radio waves from distant objects. To see extremely small ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite image of the South African MeerKAT radio telescope array with vast, cosmic bubbles of ...

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

Observatory (SKAO) has announced the successful conclusion of a key test of its South Africa-based SKA-Mid instrument. The ...

As reported by Science, the telescope was announced at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society this week and could be ...

A giant galaxy measuring 3.3 million light-years across has been found by astronomers using the South African MeerKAT radio telescope, an array of 64 antennas in the Meerkat National Park in the ...