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A Green Bank Telescope Prototype Radar System Can Image the Moon in High-Resolution and Detect Asteroids
Everyone loves taking pictures of the Moon. Whether it’s with their phones or through the wonders of astrophotography, photographing the…
SETI Researchers can now Scan all Data at the Very Large Array for any Evidence of Alien Transmissions
The Very Large Array (VLA) will monitor space 24/7 for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, thanks to a new partnership between…
The Next Generation Very Large Array Would be 263 Radio Telescopes Spread Across North America
The iconic Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico has been at the forefront of astrophysical research since its dedication…
A New Radar Instrument Will Try To Fill the Void Left By Arecibo
Observational astronomy is dependent on its data, and therefore also dependent on the instruments that collect that data. So when…
Pulsar Seen Speeding Away From the Supernova That Created it
Recent observations have revealed a pulsar that appears to have been accelerated by the very supernova explosion that created it.
If You Could See in Radio These Are the Crazy Shapes You’d See in the Sky
Even though it's said that the average human eye can discern from seven to ten million different values and hues of…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 20, 2015 – Charles Black from SEN
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com) Special Guest: Charles Black (@charlesblack / sen.com/charles-black)…
“Vampire” Galaxy Sucks Star-Forming Gas from its Neighbors
What happens when a galaxy doesn't have enough hydrogen to support its stellar production process? Why, it sucks it from…
Astronomers Catch a Galactic Threesome in the Act
An enormous and incredibly luminous distant galaxy has turned out to actually be three galaxies in the process of merging…
Supermassive Black Holes Keep Galaxies From Getting Bigger
It's long been a mystery for astronomers: why aren't galaxies bigger? What regulates their rates of star formation and keeps…