NRAO began the construction of ALMA in Chile and also the Expansion of the Very Large Array (EVLA) in New Mexico, opening new scientific frontiers across
the entire radio spectrum.
Not exact matches
Astronomers have produced a highly detailed image of the Crab Nebula, by combining data from telescopes spanning nearly the
entire breadth of the electromagnetic
spectrum, from
radio waves seen by the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to the powerful X-ray glow as seen by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory.
His «other radiations, if any» turned out to be an
entire spectrum of all sorts of cool waves, from gamma radiation to
radio signals.
Once that's in place, a
radio telescope might be able to tune into
radio signals across the
entire broadcast
spectrum.
«We're accustomed to seeing how our Sun appears in visible light, but that can only tell us so much about the dynamic surface and energetic atmosphere of our nearest star,» said Tim Bastian, an astronomer with the National
Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Va. «To fully understand the Sun, we need to study it across the
entire electromagnetic
spectrum, including the millimeter and submillimeter portion that ALMA can observe.»
Filling out the
entire electromagnetic
spectrum, in order of low - energy and low - frequency to high - energy and high - frequency, we have:
radio waves, micro waves, ROYGBIV, ultra violet, x rays, and gamma rays.