Astronomers and engineers have together produced the first high quality image with a LOFAR station. The data were collected with 96 low band antennas located in four fields at the heart of the array ...

LOFAR space survey used the device to capture a new mesmerizing image of the blank space filled with white dots that are black holes and not the usual stars, suns, and moons. The focus of the study is ...

A powerful new telescope is allowing an international team of scientists to have their "best-ever look" at pulsars -- rapidly rotating neutron stars created when massive stars die. A powerful new ...

Many mysteries about galaxy clusters are still out there. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A structure in the heart of the Perseus ...

An international group of astronomers have succeeded in the first joint observations between the LOFAR stations in The Netherlands and Germany. This constitutes the “first light” of the LOFAR ...

The €100m Low Frequency Radio Array (LOFAR) telescope, which was officially opened in June, has released its first radio image showing a close up of a quasar – a star-like object that is thought to be ...

Using a radio telescope with frequencies just above those of commercial FM radio stations, a European team of astronomers has obtained the most sensitive image of a galaxy below 1 GHz. Using a radio ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. When standing next to one of the world’s largest telescopes, you might ...

It is still unclear what exactly happens when lightning develops. Based on high-resolution data of the LOFAR radio telescope, an international team of researchers has now discovered needle-shaped ...

An international team led by astronomers at ASTRON and the Kapteyn Institute of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have used the LOFAR telescope, designed and constructed by ASTRON, to ...