Canberra joined the global network in 1965 and operates four radio antennas. Now, preparations have begun on its fifth as NASA works to increase the network's capacity.

There are small petri dishes, there are large petri dishes, and then there is MEGA, an enormous, 2-foot-by-4-foot slab of black agar infused with a gradient of antibacterial drugs. Researchers built ...

Lilley, professor of Astronomy and member of the planning committee, said that the proposed telescope fills a need the U.S. has for a large "dish" of the ... built around the giant telescope.

It will receive $2.5 billion of financing to help pay off Dish’s $2 billion bond coming due in November. EchoStar said the ...