Radio astronomy
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Astronomers have located the origin of mysterious radio waves that have baffled them for a decade. The fast radio burst, or FRB 121102, has been traced to a faint, dwarf galaxy three billion light-…
Studying the large-scale structure of our galaxy isn’t easy. We don’t have a clear view of the Milky Way’s shape and features like we do of other galaxies, largely because we live within it. But we do have some advantages. From within, we’re able to carry out close-up surveys of the Milky Way’s stellar population … Continue reading "Is the Milky Way… Normal?"
Many strong sources of radio waves are invisible in normal light, so looking at radio waves reveals a completely different picture of our universe. Even objects like the Sun and planets can reveal new features when viewed with radio telescopes, like Jodrell Bank. Radio waves are also better at travelling long distances than shorter wavelengths, so we can get clearer signals from very distant objects in radio than we can in normal light. www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/20937803
The National Science Foundation has backed away from three of its headlining radio telescopes in the last decade. What comes next?
A new radio wave map of the Milky Way Galaxy is our most detailed yet and will be the basis for further study of the Milky Way for years to come.
Astronomers have found dozens of surprisingly massive black holes far from the centers of their host dwarf galaxies.
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Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory antenna part of the One-Mile Telescope Barton near Cambridge UK. Several different exposures blended to form this image, the Moon has been slightly increased in size for more prominance in the image _26K4173
