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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
Like his radio astronomer predecessors Jansky and Reber, James Stanley Hey's celestial observations were originally discovered. Hey first observed solar radiation while fighting German communications jams during World War II, and he continued on to detect the first extragalactic radio waves (which were originally dubbed "radio stars").
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 MoreIn the middle of New South Wales, Australia, lies "The Dish" - a 64-meter radio telescope that has long played a part in contemporary astronomy history. Known as "the grand old lady of astronomy," the Parkes Radio Telescope brought us broadcasts of the Apollo 11 lunar mission, received signals from the Mars rover Opportunity, and even starred in its own film.
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.
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