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

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

Some SpaceX Starlink satellites are reportedly leaking low-frequency radio waves, which scientists say could impact astronomical research. Scientists used the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope in ...

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 ...

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Astronomers have spotted hundreds of thousands of previously unknown galaxies, a raft of new studies reports. The huge data haul should help researchers better understand the birth and growth of ...

Scientists have been using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope to study unusual radio waves that are being transmitted from a nearby red dwarf star called GJ1151. Scientists say that the ...

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 ...

An international team of astronomers led from Chalmers University of Technology has used the giant radio telescope Lofar to create the sharpest astronomical image ever taken at very long radio ...