Discover how Google Sky, Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope, and dedicated software such as Starry Night or Stellarium allows you to explore the stars and view the planets in stunning detail without even touching a telescope

We take a look at how Europe has used recent advancements in telescope technology to create its own super telescope, and learned a few tricks from the American based Hubble.

Have you ever wanted to stare into the heavens and see what the universe holds? You can, with Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope. We show you how

One of the universe's greatest secrets may soon have its picture taken, thanks to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which can record 3,200 megapixel images

The HST (Hubble Space Telescope) was first conceived back in the 1940s, designed and built during the 1970s and 1980s, and finally launched into orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery on 25 April

IBM to build chips for world's largest radio telescope.

Hubble and Herschel aren't the only star gazers in the universe. New born stars have been sighted at the centre of our own galaxy with the help of NASA's six year-old infrared telescope, the Spitzer

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Scientists have used the aptly named 'Very Large Telescope' in Chile to get one of the clearest views ever taken of the Arches Cluster, a cluster of young stars that teaches us much about our own Milky Way.

A highly polished, enthralling 3D guide to the universe, although it lacks convincing reasons to upgrade.

A new "universe atlas" provides a stunning view of our own galaxy, including a supermassive black hole believed to be located at the core

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Astronomers enjoy show that is 12.5 million light years away.

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