29 March 2018
Radio Astronomer
.... In the late 1940s, he discovered and identified the first discrete radio sources that, according to the author, “marked the birth of a new field – extragalactic radio astronomy”. He also had the “unusual distinction” of being the inaugural director...
15 October 2018
SETI partners with MeerKAT to search for alien life
... lead to proposals for searches with the Square Kilometre Array. This is an exciting moment for SETI and radio astronomy in general,” said the Breakthrough Initiatives’ Executive Director, Pete Worden. With the addition of MeerKAT’s observations...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
... telescopes that search in visible light that will be affected. The Italian team state that detectors used in radio-astronomy are already swamped by satellite communication signals from space stations as well as from the ground and this...
22 September 2021
Telescope built by Karoo locals releases data to astronomers around the world
... very early stages of the Universe, as the first stars and galaxies lit up space. The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the hosting organisation and contributing partner in the broader HERA collaboration, is responsible for providing...
March 2017
Planetary nebulae may hold clue in search of helium-3
...such as the Effelsberg 100m dish, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) 140-foot telescope, the NRAO... the halo diameter is massive to say the least. The 100-m radio telescope of the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR) is located ...
01 August 2016
SETI has new eyes on the skies
...this frequency range for the same purposes. Looking for radio waves produced by an advanced civilisation is not an ...Tingay from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) and the Istituto di Radio Astronomia in Italy, used the MWA...
