"Ironically, black holes aren’t too hard to find. They’re bright. Here’s a bunch of ‘em..." Space is not just big, it's quite pretty too - and great fun to think about.
"The [ESA]'s gamma ray observatory Integral has caught the centre of our galaxy in a moment of rare quiet. A handful of the most energetic high-energy sources surrounding the black hole [...] had
"Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are proposing a new method that could detect Earth-like civilizations around the 1,000 nearest stars."
"...detailed studies for the European Extremely Large Telescope [...] will make it possible to start, in three years time, the construction of an optical/infrared telescope with a diameter around
"Construction of the Allen Telescope Array, named after its chief benefactor, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen, will halt at the end of this year unless further funding is found.&q