Astronomers hope to answer universe questions with LOFAR telescope

The first major radio telescope to be built in Britain for decades, LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) that will help answer questions such as "are we alone?" and "how did black holes grow in our universe?" has been officially opened by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell at a ceremony at STFC's Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire. (Monday 20 September). The telescope, which is part of the European LOFAR project will 'listen' to the Universe at FM frequencies, helping astronomers detect when the first stars in the Universe were formed, to reveal more about how the Universe evolved.

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