Polarized shockwaves shake the universe's cosmic web
ICRAR researchers have discovered tantalizing evidence of magnetic fields in the universe's largest cosmic structures.
Astronomy
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In search of the invisible galaxy
A mysterious and very distant object, in a universe as it was 'just' two billion years after the Big Bang, hides from even the most advanced instruments. Its features have finally been described by a team from SISSA in a ...
Astronomy
Feb 7, 2023
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WEAVE spectrograph begins study of galaxy formation and evolution
More than 500 astronomers from all over Europe, including members of Catalan universities and research centers—the UPC and the ICCUB—have designed and planned a total of five years of operations for the WEAVE spectrograph, ...
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Feb 7, 2023
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Billions of celestial objects revealed in gargantuan survey of the Milky Way
Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects—arguably the largest such catalog so far. The data for this unprecedented ...
Astronomy
Jan 18, 2023
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Silent as the night: Why radio astronomy doesn't listen to the sky
In the 1997 movie "Contact," Ellie Arroway is a young radio astronomer played by Jodie Foster. Ellie's on a mission to discover alien life, and in one famous scene filmed at the Very Large Array, she sits at the edge of the ...
Astronomy
Dec 9, 2022
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Small solar flares in large laser bodies
Using 12 high-powered lasers, researchers recreated small solar flares in order to study the mechanisms behind a fundamental astronomical phenomenon known as a magnetic reconnection.
Plasma Physics
Dec 8, 2022
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Non-detection of key signal allows astronomers to determine what the first galaxies were, and weren't, like
Researchers have been able to make some key determinations about the first galaxies to exist, in one of the first astrophysical studies of the period in the early universe when the first stars and galaxies formed, known as ...
Astronomy
Nov 28, 2022
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New instrument passes significant testing milestone to capture light from many stars at once
The international collaboration developing the Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) has marked a significant testing milestone by successfully taking spectra of targeted stars.
Astronomy
Nov 11, 2022
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Scientists publish major study on near-Earth asteroids
The largest paper ever published on radar observations of near-Earth asteroids has been released, compiling years' worth of data from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 26, 2022
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First radio-astronomy cryogenic receivers with all-metal 3D-printed RF components
The NAOJ ALMA Project and Advanced Technology Center have successfully fabricated corrugated all-metal 3D-printed horns for the ALMA Band 1 receivers (Radio Frequency: 35–50 GHz).
Astronomy
Oct 26, 2022
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