Sentences with phrase «more radio astronomers»

Over the years, more and more radio astronomers were joining the astronomy department at the University of Toronto, and in the 1960's, the David Dunlap Observatory actively participated in the development of the Algonquin Radio Observatory in Ontario.

The more radio astronomers learn about fast radio bursts (FRBs), the more confused they get.

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Penn State University astronomers have discovered that the mysterious «cosmic whistles» known as fast radio bursts can pack a serious punch, in some cases releasing a billion times more energy in gamma - rays than they do in radio waves and rivaling the stellar cataclysms known as supernovae in their explosive power.

Radio astronomers have used a similar approach for many years, with great success, but light waves are more than a million times smaller than radio waves, meaning optical interferometry requires a million times greater accuRadio astronomers have used a similar approach for many years, with great success, but light waves are more than a million times smaller than radio waves, meaning optical interferometry requires a million times greater accuradio waves, meaning optical interferometry requires a million times greater accuracy.

Pinpointing the sources of gravitational waves will allow astronomers to point other telescopes their way, boosting the chances of learning more about them via x-rays, gamma - rays, radio waves, neutrinos and more.

Astronomers seeking mysterious fast radio bursts have traced one back to its host galaxy — and found such signals could have more than one type of source

One of the rare and brief bursts of cosmic radio waves that have puzzled astronomers since they were first detected nearly 10 years ago has finally been tied to a source: an older dwarf galaxy more than 3 billion light years from Earth.

«What we're seeing is a star that is the cosmic equivalent of «Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,» with the ability to change from one form to its more intense counterpart with startling speed,» said Scott Ransom, an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Va. «Though we have known that X-ray binaries — some of which are observed as X-ray pulsars — can evolve over millions of years to become rapidly spinning radio pulsars, we were surprised to find one that seemed to swing so quickly between the two.&rRadio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Va. «Though we have known that X-ray binaries — some of which are observed as X-ray pulsars — can evolve over millions of years to become rapidly spinning radio pulsars, we were surprised to find one that seemed to swing so quickly between the two.&rradio pulsars, we were surprised to find one that seemed to swing so quickly between the two.»

Staring at a small patch of sky for more than 50 hours with the ultra-sensitive Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have for the first time identified discrete sources that account for nearly all the radio waves coming from distant galaxies.

Following the announcement, every radio astronomer who had access to the right equipment was observing the known pulsars and searching for more.

«Observations with the next generation of radio telescopes will tell us more about what actually happens when a star is eaten by a black hole — and how powerful jets form and evolve right next to black holes,» explains Stefanie Komossa, astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Gerradio telescopes will tell us more about what actually happens when a star is eaten by a black hole — and how powerful jets form and evolve right next to black holes,» explains Stefanie Komossa, astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, GerRadio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany.

That explains why radio astronomers have found more complex molecules in the warmer, more active star - birthing regions of dust clouds than in the colder, darker areas.

Since Lew Snyder and David Buhl discovered interstellar formaldehyde in 1969, astronomers have identified more than 150 molecules in deep space, mostly by using radio telescopes to detect the faint radiation the molecules emit.

Funding for astronomy is far more limited than that available for cancer research, say, and compared with most other fields of science, the number of professional astronomers is astonishingly small (the membership of the American Astronomical Society would just about fit into Radio City Music Hall).

Astronomers using the super-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have found the shredded remains of a galaxy that passed through a larger galaxy, leaving only the smaller galaxy's nearly - naked supermassive black hole to emerge and speed away at more than 2,000 miles per second.

The astronomers began their quest by using the VLBA to make very high resolution images of more than 1,200 galaxies, previously identified by large - scale sky surveys done with infrared and radio telescopes.

When «Oumuamua was first discovered, astronomers thought it was a comet or an asteroid from within the Read more about Outback radio telescope listens in on interstellar visitor - Scimex

Astronomers analyzing nearly 20 years of data from the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array radio telescope have discovered that a small star in a multiple - star system in the constellation Taurus probably has been ejected from the system after a close encounter with one of the system's more - massive components, presumed to be a compact double star.

Infrared light, as well as X-rays and radio, more freely passes through this obscuring material, so astronomers use this to see the region more clearly.

Greater ability to see detail, called resolving power, has been a quest of radio astronomers for more than half a century.

Other radio astronomers are working to answer myriad questions about dark matter, fast radio bursts, and much more.

Using HALCA, radio astronomers expect to routinely produce images with more than 100 times the detail seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.

In order to catch this particular FRB in the act, astronomers had to use the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, located near Socorro, New Mexico, which provided more than 80 hours of observation time.

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