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• Hubble spots remains of a supernova humans saw explode 1700 years ago

  The opening years of the Fourth Century saw work begin on St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and the astronomer Pappus ...

  • The Cosmic Companion

• New giant 'radio galaxies' help shed light on the history of the universe

  Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope, located in the Karoo region, ...

  • The Conversation

• New radio signal excited alien hunters – but scientists are still skeptical

  The US$100m (£70m) Breakthrough Listen Initiative, founded by Russian billionaire, technology, and science investor Yuri ...

  • The Conversation

• RIP Arecibo telescope — you'll be missed

  The Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico was the largest telescope in the world for decades. Several discoveries were ...

  • The Cosmic Companion

• Nobody knows why there's ghostly blobs in the sky — astronomers are excited

  In September 2019, my colleague Anna Kapinska gave a presentation showing interesting objects she’d found while browsing ...

  • The Conversation

• Every planet in our Solar System will be visible this week — here’s how to spot them

  All the planets in the Solar System are visible in the night sky this week, making a beautiful sight for stargazers. Even ...

  • The Cosmic Companion

• Nokia and NASA's 4G lunar network will mess up radio astronomy

  As you drive down the road leading to Jodrell Bank Observatory, a sign asks visitors to turn off their mobile phones, stating ...

  • The Conversation

• New AI-powered sensor measures starlight distortion to help discover new planets

  The "photonic wavefront sensor" helps correct the distortion of starlight caused by observing planets through optical telescopes. ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Mars hasn't been this close to Earth in 15 years — here's how to spot it

  Finding Mars is easy this week, as it shines brightly in the eastern sky, offering observers a chance to see a stunning view ...

  • The Cosmic Companion

• Can there be life on Venus? Here's what scientists are doing to find out

  On Sept. 14, 2020, a new planet was added to the list of potentially habitable worlds in the Solar System: Venus. Phosphine, ...

  • The Conversation

• The first black hole ever photographed gets a glam up — it's now glittering

  So you like TNW? Then join our upcoming online event, TNW2020 on October 1 & 2, you don’t want to miss it. The ...

  • The Cosmic Companion

• Space telescopes are great — so why do we still build ground-based ones?

  At the dawn of the 17th Century, Galileo Galilei began the first major search of the night sky (as well as the Sun!) ...

  • The Cosmic Companion