On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...

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Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, ...

The Simons Observatory, a most advanced network of telescopes aimed at mapping the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with unprecedented precision, has reached a major milestone: the Large Aperture ...

Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on ...

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Early simulations show that it would take only 10 hours for the forthcoming ELT to find signs of life near Proxima Centauri.