News tagged with giant radio telescope

Record-breaking radio waves discovered from ultra-cool star

Penn State University astronomers using the world's largest radio telescope, at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have discovered flaring radio emission from an ultra-cool star, not much warmer than the planet Jupiter, ...

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created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Astronomers detect coolest radio star

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers using the world's largest radio telescope, at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have discovered flaring radio emission from an ultra-cool star, not much warmer than the planet Jupiter, shattering the previous ...

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created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Clocking Neptune's spin

(PhysOrg.com) -- By tracking atmospheric features on Neptune, a UA planetary scientist has accurately determined the planet's rotation, a feat that had not been previously achieved for any of the gas planets ...

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created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Probing Question: What is a Near Earth?

In the 1997 movie "Contact" (based on the novel by Carl Sagan), actress Jodie Foster plays an astrophysicist devoted to SETI -- the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Despite doubting colleagues, she ...

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created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Australia and NZealand join in super telescope bid

Australia and New Zealand announced a joint bid Friday for a giant radio telescope project which will reach for the earliest traces of the universe in a search for intelligent life.

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created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 6