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Allen Telescope Array begins all-sky surveys
May 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With commissioning of the 42 radio dishes of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) nearly complete, UC Berkeley astronomers are now embarking on several major radio astronomy projects, including daily surveys of ...
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SETI Astronomer Envisions Technology Capable of Receiving ET Signals by 2032
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- SETI, (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak and host of the weekly radio show "Are We Alone," predicted during a recent conference in San Francisco that ...
Rare radio supernova in nearby galaxy is nearest supernova in five years
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The chance discovery last month of a rare radio supernova - an exploding star seen only at radio wavelengths and undetected by optical or X-ray telescopes - underscores the promise of new, ...
Team hopes to use new technology to search for ETs
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Jun 04, 2008 |
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A Johns Hopkins astronomer is a member of a team briefing fellow scientists about plans to use new technology to take advantage of recent, promising ideas on where to search for possible extraterrestrial intelligence ...
Astronomers reveal a 'blue whale of space'
Jul 07, 2009 |
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CSIRO astronomers have revealed the hidden face of an enormous galaxy called Centaurus A, which emits a radio glow covering an area 200 times bigger than the full Moon.
Astronomers hit a telescopic jackpot
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Astronomers this year are about to get a windfall of new and improved telescopes of unprecedented power with which to explore the universe. The bonanza arrives 400 years after Galileo spied craters on the moon through the ...
Largest virtual telescope for short wavelengths opened
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Astronomers have succeeded in combining three telescopes in Hawaii using advanced computer techniques. This virtual telescope, with a diameter of 782 metres, studies the formation of new stars and planets ...
Herschel's daring test: A glimpse of things to come
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Herschel opened its 'eyes' on 14 June and the Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer obtained images of M51, 'the whirlpool galaxy' for a first test observation. Scientists obtained images in three colours ...
ALMA telescope reaches new heights
Sep 23, 2009 |
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The ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) astronomical observatory took another step forward and upward, as one of its state-of-the-art antennas was carried for the first time to Chile's 16,500-foot-high ...
High-Tech 'Heart' of New-Generation Radio Telescope Passes First Test
Aug 12, 2008 |
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The Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA), part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), took a giant step toward completion on August 7 with successful testing of advanced digital hardware designed ...
ALMA observatory equipped with its first antenna
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Dec 19, 2008 |
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High in the Atacama region in northern Chile, one of the world's most advanced telescopes has just passed a major milestone. The first of many state-of-the-art antennas has just been handed over to the Atacama ...
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