Radio Astronomy
Galactic Close Call Leaves a Bridge of Gas
[/caption] An ancient passing between two nearby galaxies appears to have left the participants connected by a tenuous "bridge" of…
35 Years Later, the ‘Wow!’ Signal Still Tantalizes
Since the SETI program first began searching for possible alien radio signals a few decades ago, there have been many…
Recycling Pulsars – The Millisecond Matters…
[/caption] It's a millisecond pulsar... a rapidly rotating neutron star and it's about to reach the end of its mass…
Students Discover Millisecond Pulsar, Help in the Search for Gravitational Waves
[/caption] A special project to search for pulsars has bagged the first student discovery of a millisecond pulsar – a…
Iconic Telescope Array Gets a New Name
[/caption] The pop culture-rich Very Large Array has been updated with state-of-the-art technology and to befit the VLA’s new capabilities,…
Mapping The Milky Way’s Magnetic Fields – The Faraday Sky
[/caption] Kudos to the scientists at the Max Planck Institut and an international team of radio astronomers for an incredibly…
Help Give the Very Large Array a New Name
[/caption] The iconic Very Large Array is almost as much pop culture as science instrument. It’s been part of movie…
Take a Look: Huge Asteroid to Fly By Earth in November
[/caption] A large space rock will pass close to Earth on November 8, 2011 and astronomers are anticipating the chance…
Students Find Rare “Recycled” Pulsar
[/caption] From a press release from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory: In the constellation of Ophiuchus, above the disk of…
First Images from Europe-Wide Giant Radio Observatory
[/caption] An array of radio telescopes has connected for the first time to its various locations across Europe, creating the…