Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The far side of the moon (shown in this image from Artemis II) is an ideal spot for a radio telescope. NASA Millions of years ago, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers want to build giant telescopes on the moon to see and hear the universe more clearly. Lunar telescopes could be even ...

Remember the "Wow!" signal? That high-energy radio signature occurred in 1977, when Earth was much "quieter" in the radio band. If it happened today, it probably wouldn't even move the needle on the ...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the "major item of equipment" phase for the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night (LuSEE-Night), a ...

When we first developed telescopes, we started using them on the ground. Humanity was yet to master powered flight, you see, to say nothing of going beyond into space. As technology developed, we ...

A new lunar telescope proposal is trying to reach the moon’s far side before the area loses its unique radio silence. The ...

A lightweight new X-ray telescope could finally give scientists something they’ve never had before: a complete chemical map of the Moon. Researchers used detailed mission simulations to show that a ...

Gazing at the moon, you may see a face or a round of cheese, but some astronomers see the ideal spot for their next giant telescope. They're already drafting blueprints and making proposals — some ...