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Super-telescope LOFAR finds two new pulsars

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 11:53

The radio telescope LOFAR has found two new pulsars - fast-spinning neutron stars, which are remnants of massive supernova explosions.

New giant galaxy discovered by LOFAR telescope

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 09:36

Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown gigantic radio galaxy, using initial images from a new, ongoing all-sky radio survey.

Bubble-forming super-massive black hole found

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 15:25

Bubbles in space! Astronomers have discovered giant bubbles in the Universe powered by a massive black hole, with a mass six billion times that of the Sun.

LOFAR captures images of colliding galaxy cluster

Last Updated: Friday, May 25, 2012, 10:21

The International LOFAR Telescope has made the first images of galaxy cluster Abell 2256 in the frequency range of 20 to 60 MHz.