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A compilation of stories, telescopes, internship resources, and other things radio astronomy.
A blog dedicated to telling the history of radio astronomy: its evolution, its discoveries, and its telescopes
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A few weeks ago, an article I wrote appeared in Got Science Magazine. I wrote about my experience being a visiting astronomer at Green Bank Observatory for two weeks in October 2018, during which I used the Green Bank Telescope to observe to protostars, or young stellar objects on the verge of star birth.
Read MoreAfter making first light at the end of September 2016, FAST embarks on a journey to perhaps transform radio astronomy. The largest, hence arguably the most sensitive, single-dish radio telescope in the world, FAST will shed light on distant galaxies and maybe even gravitational waves.
Read MoreThe Radioteleskop Effelsberg is one of the largest fully-steerable radio telescopes in the world, second only to the GBT. Its parabolic reflector dish has a diameter of 100 meters, which can be seen towering over the trees in the Eifel just 1.3 kilometers northeast of the village of Effelsberg in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Read MoreInspired by Karl Jansky's discovery of radio emission from the center of the Milky Way, an amateur radio enthusiast became a pioneer for the field of radio astronomy.
Read MoreThe Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is the world's largest, fully-steerable single-dish radio telescope. It is located in Green Bank, West Virginia.
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