News tagged with national astronomical observatory
Japan astronomers find most distant galaxy cluster
Japanese astronomers said Wednesday they had found a cluster of galaxies 12.72 billion light-years away from Earth, which they claim is the most distant cluster ever discovered.
Apr 25, 2012 |
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ALMA early science result reveals starving galaxies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the partially completed ALMA observatory have found compelling evidence for how star-forming galaxies evolve into 'red and dead' elliptical galaxies, catching a large group ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Iconic telescope renamed to honor founder of radio astronomy
(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most famous radio telescope will become the "Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array" to honor the founder of radio astronomy, the study of the Universe via radio waves naturally emitted ...
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Jan 11, 2012 |
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Subaru's sharp eye confirms signs of unseen planets in the dust ring of HR 4796 A
(PhysOrg.com) -- The SEEDS (Strategic Exploration of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru Telescope/HiCIAO) project, a five-year international collaboration launched in 2009 and led by Motohide Tamura of NAOJ ...
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Researchers explain the formation of Scheila's unusual triple dust tails
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team of planetary scientists and astronomers, primarily from Seoul National University, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the Institute of Space and Astronautical ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Observatory seeks a new name for transformed scientific icon
(PhysOrg.com) -- The most famous radio telescope in the world is about to get a new name. The Very Large Array, known around the world, isn't what it used to be. The iconic radio telescope, known around the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Antennas by General Dynamics enable 'early science' for ALMA
Thirteen 12-meter antennas manufactured by General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies have been successfully installed at the 16,500-foot-high Chajnantor plateau in Chile, home to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) astronomical observatory. Loc ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Cryogenic catering truck comes to the ALMA observatory
The ultimate in high altitude, high-tech catering has arrived in Chile to serve chilled "provisions" to the telescopes at the largest astronomical complex in the world, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 01, 2011 |
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An atlas of the Milky Way
Sino-German research group draws a new map at the Urumqi radio telescope and discovers two supernova remnants.
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Expanded VLA flexing new scientific muscle
A new and uniquely powerful tool for cutting-edge science is emerging on the crisp, high desert of western New Mexico. Outwardly, it looks much the same as the famed Very Large Array (VLA), a radio telescope ...
May 24, 2011 |
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Astronomers from Princeton and Japan unite to explore the universe, near and far
Scientists from Princeton University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have agreed to collaborate over the next 10 years, using new instrumentation on the Hawaii-based Subaru Telescope ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2009 |
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