On 22 May Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico joined other telescopes in North America, South America, Europe and Africa in simultaneously observing the same targets, simulating a telescope... — full story
Pulsar stumps astronomersAn obese oddball of a star has left astronomers wondering how it could have formed. Dr David Champion at CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility and his colleagues from 20 other... — full story
NASA scientists get first images of Earth flyby asteroidScientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have obtained the first images of asteroid 2007 TU24 using high-resolution radar data. The data indicate the asteroid... — full story
Astronomers from Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have detected for the first time the molecules methanimine and hydrogen cyanide - two ingredients that... — full story
Neutron stars and black holes aren't all they've been thought to be. In fact, neutron stars can be considerably more massive than previously believed, and it is more difficult to form... — full story
The longest-running search for radio signals from alien civilisations is getting a burst of new data from an upgraded Arecibo telescope, which means the SETI@home project needs more... — full story
After receiving its first fresh, full coat of paint in more than 40 years, Arecibo Observatory made its first observation in more than six months at 6:36 AM, Saturday, 8 December. The... — full story