New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia - KATC Lafayette News
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:09 PM
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The Guardian | New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia KATC Lafayette News PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium ... SKA spurs MeerKAT development SKA expected to boost knowledge economy 'Celebrations are in order' |
New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia - CBS News
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:09 PM
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CTV.ca | New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia CBS News PRETORIA, South Africa — Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing ... Decision time on site for giant radio telescope New 'giant' telescope to be in South Africa, Australia |
UW prof builds infrared camera to explore universe - WJTV
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:09 PM
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UW prof builds infrared camera to explore universe WJTV Pierce, who works in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, plans to use his Near-Infrared Imaging Spectrograph to view images in infrared wavelengths captured by a telescope. As the universe expands and distant objects move apart, light they emit ... |
An 'Abundance' of targets for asteroid miners - USA TODAY
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:09 PM
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 USA TODAY | An 'Abundance' of targets for asteroid miners USA TODAY In a nutshell, Planetary Resources plans to first map nearby asteroids with small, cheap telescopes, spotting the valuable ones loaded with platinum or rare earth metals used in expensive camera lenses and electronics. Those will be mined, ... |
Rare Venus transit across Sun exciting local astronomers - The Missoulian
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:09 PM
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The Guardian | Rare Venus transit across Sun exciting local astronomers The Missoulian In the Flathead Valley, skywatchers can join the Big Sky Astronomy Club to discuss the significance of the transit and observe the stunning sight through solar-filtered telescopes. Known as “The Transit of Venus,” the planet will be visible as it ... Venus 'Transit of Sun' is next amazing sky sight NMSU to host viewing event of rare transit of Venus, June 5 Astronomers to offer viewing of Venus transit |
SKA: Plundering the depths of space - Mail & Guardian Online
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:09 PM
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BusinessTech | SKA: Plundering the depths of space Mail & Guardian Online South Africa's KAT-7 telescope, a seven-dish array which is a precursor to the much larger Square Kilometre Array. (Gallo) Vishnu Vejjala, research chair in theoretical particle cosmology at the University of the Witwatersrand, said the $2-billion SKA ... NBN to help facilitate the SKA SKA will probe universe's secrets |
Eyes on the skies - Columbus Dispatch
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:09 PM
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Columbus Dispatch | Eyes on the skies Columbus Dispatch The cameras will be mounted atop custom-built telescopes that will be installed in observatories in Australia, Chile and South Africa. “By locating the telescopes at three different continents that are separated (by) roughly 8 hours in longitude, ... |
Recommended: Queen of SETI retires from research - msnbc.com
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:09 PM
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CBS News | Recommended: Queen of SETI retires from research msnbc.com SETI astronomer Jill Tarter looks out from the radio dish named after her at the Allen Telescope Array in northern California. The array's 42 linked dishes search for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. By Alan Boyle The real-life astronomer ... SETI astronomer Jill Tarter retiring after 35-year alien hunt Outgoing Director Jill Tarter on the Future of SETI After 35 years, SETI celebrates its most-famous alien hunter |
Tiny planet-finding mirrors borrow from Webb Telescope playbook - R & D Magazine
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:09 PM
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R & D Magazine | Tiny planet-finding mirrors borrow from Webb Telescope playbook R & D Magazine By Lori Keesey NASA's next flagship mission—the James Webb Space Telescope—will carry the largest primary mirror ever deployed. This segmented behemoth will unfold to 21.3 feet in diameter once the observatory reaches its orbit in 2018. |
Square Kilometre Array to create Northern Cape jobs - Times LIVE
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:09 PM
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Times LIVE | Square Kilometre Array to create Northern Cape jobs Times LIVE Night falls over radio telescope dishes of the KAT-7 Array at the proposed South African site for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope near Carnavon in the country's remote Northern Cape province. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project will ... SKA to create N Cape jobs |
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