Shared SKA's future will be in past - Independent Online
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:41 PM
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Moneycontrol.com | Shared SKA's future will be in past Independent Online SKA is a very large telescope, and as the name implies, it will be one square kilometre in size. But take note of the word 'Array'. The rule of thumb is that the wider a telescope is, the further it can see. It would be impossible to build a telescope ... NEWS ANALYSIS: SKA is about ground-breaking science, not egos Split Decision for Square Kilometer Array telescope to 'create hundreds of jobs' |
Outgoing Director Jill Tarter on the Future of SETI - Popular Mechanics
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:41 PM
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Popular Mechanics | Outgoing Director Jill Tarter on the Future of SETI Popular Mechanics By Jennifer Bogo A single antenna at the Very Large Array near Socorro, New Mexico. The impetus was this really disastrous last year where we had to put the telescopes in hibernation for a number of months until we could find a new partner to operate ... After 35 years, SETI celebrates its most-famous alien hunter After 35 years, SETI celebrates its most famous alien hunter After 35 years, Jill Tarter will no longer lead search for ET |
Fuel for the black hole - Space Daily
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:41 PM
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RedOrbit | Fuel for the black hole Space Daily The observations were carried out with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The use of near-infrared interferometry allowed the team to resolve a ring-shaped dust distribution (generally called ... Three-telescope interferometry allows astrophysicists to observe how black ... Astrophysicists Use Three-Telescope Interferometry To Observe How Black Holes ... Team gets rare glimpse at how black holes grow |
Interferometry Advances Black Hole Observations - Photonics.com
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:41 PM
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Photonics.com | Interferometry Advances Black Hole Observations Photonics.com To achieve such a resolution, the telescopes had to be constantly corrected, to an accuracy of a few micrometers, for the difference in the arrival of light among the three apertures. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern ... Monster Telescope Combo Spies Feeding Black Hole |
Is the Earth a cosmic feather-duster? - Phys.Org
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:41 PM
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Is the Earth a cosmic feather-duster? Phys.Org A glorious starry sky, with a bright column due to zodiacal light, illuminates the desert landscape around Cerro Paranal, home to ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). Credit: ESO/Y.Beletsky Scientists at the University of Leeds are looking to discover how ... |
World's largest telescope eyes Swiss funding - swissinfo.ch
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:41 PM
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swissinfo.ch | World's largest telescope eyes Swiss funding swissinfo.ch Switzerland is contributing around SFr65 million ($70.2 million) towards the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), the largest optical/near-infrared telescope in the world. The government on Wednesday gave the green light to paying five per cent ... |
The VLT in Action - LiveScience.com
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:41 PM
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LiveScience.com | The VLT in Action LiveScience.com The ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) during observations. In this picture, taken from the VLT platform looking north-northwest at twilight, the four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes (UTs) are visible. From left to right, Antu, Kueyen, Melipal and Yepun, ... |
Construction on Giant Magellan Telescope Blasts Off - Discovery News
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:41 PM
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Construction on Giant Magellan Telescope Blasts Off Discovery News The GMT is one of three extremely large telescopes currently being developed, along with the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and the European Extremely Large Telescope (EELT). What makes the GMT unique is that is comprised of large segments -- seven ... |
Remarkable Outburst from Old Black Hole Observed - Scientific Computing
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:41 PM
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Scientific Computing | Remarkable Outburst from Old Black Hole Observed Scientific Computing On the left is an optical image of M83 from the Very Large Telescope in Chile, operated by the European Southern Observatory. On the right is a composite image showing X-ray data from Chandra in pink and optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope in ... Image: When black holes get crazy Black hole emits humongous energy burst (+video) X-ray Outburst in Spiral Galaxy M83 |
A rare island of serenity, thanks to the FCC - CBS News
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:39:41 PM
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CBS News | A rare island of serenity, thanks to the FCC CBS News The Quiet Zone was set up to protect the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a very large and very sensitive radio telescope listening for the faintest of signals from space. "You want to be in a place where there's not interference, so it allows you ... |
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