In July 1969, Murriyang was the prime receiving station for the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. It supported the Apollo 11 ...

After six decades during which it tracked lunar missions, spotted distant pulsars and quasars, and even expanded our concept of the size of the Universe, the Parkes telescope is still going strong.

为了达成目标，普莱斯和他的伙伴们正在通过位于新南威尔士州的帕克斯射电望远镜（Parkes radio telescope）收集数据。这个耗时十年，耗资1亿澳元的 ...

Researchers using Murriyang, CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope, have detected unusual radio pulses from a previously dormant ...

Researchers using Murriyang, CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope, have detected unusual radio pulses from a previously dormant star with a powerful magnetic field. New results published today in ...

Using a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, it might be possible to use the sun as a gigantic telescope to peer deep into space. We have some incredibly powerful telescopes that have given ...

Well, any of us who has ever looked through a telescope could say the same, for the two principal types in use today were developed by giants: the refractor by Galileo and the reflector by Newton.

For over 20 years, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) has been the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) leading astronomical instrument. Despite the name, the Very Large Telescope is not one ...

Many people think a telescope’s purpose is to magnify images. Certainly manufacturers of inexpensive (read: cheap) telescopes love to market them as such: “150x power!” they print in huge ...