Sentences with phrase «study radio astronomy»

Reber decided to study radio astronomy on his own.
A vital research tool for scientists studying radio astronomy and surveying celestial bodies, the observatory was also prominently featured in the James Bond film, GoldenEye.

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«It's quite possible that identification is questionable,» says Jason Hessels of the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, who was not involved in either study.
«One of the primary science goals of ALMA is the detection and detailed study of galaxies throughout cosmic time,» said Chris Carilli, an astronomer with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro, New Mexico.
The Cyclops system not only would have enormous power for searching for extraterrestrial intelligence but also would be In extraordinary tool for radar studies If the bodies in the solar system, for traditional radio astronomy outside the solar system and for the tracking of pace vehicles to distances beyond the each of present receivers.
Now Cees Bassa of the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy in Dwingeloo and his colleagues have used the Hubble Space Telescope to study the galaxy in more detail (arXiv.org/abs/1705.07698).
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The radio astronomy group at Bielefeld University is looking for an astronomically - minded computer scientist for solarwind studies.
The scientists who conducted the study include University of Chile astronomers Andrés Guzmán (principal researcher), Guido Garay (Astronomy Department Director), Leonardo Bronfman, and Diego Mardones, as well as Luis Rodríguez (UNAM Center for Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics), James M. Moran (Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), Kate Brooks (Center for Astronomy and Space Science, CSIRO - Australia) and Lars - Ake Nyman (Joint ALMA Observatory).
Instead, we found this black hole fleeing from the larger galaxy and leaving a trail of debris behind it,» U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory's James Condon — the lead author of a study detailing the observations — said in a statement released Wednesday.
After World War II, some of the physicists and engineers that had worked on developing radar for wartime uses took up the study of radio astronomy.
«It clearly had become time to make a systematic study and try to find out just what percentage of brown dwarfs are emitting radio waves,» said Rachel Osten, an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Virgradio waves,» said Rachel Osten, an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, VirgRadio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Radio astronomy is uniquely placed in its capability to study magnetic fields at great distances.
«This galaxy made a great target for our study of spiral arms and how star formation works along them,» said Eva Schinnerer, of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro, NM.
«So, not only does ALMA let us identify individual molecular species in the coma, it also gives us the ability to map their locations with great sensitivity,» said Anthony Remijan, a scientist with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, one of the organizations that operates ALMA, and a co-author of the study.
Jeremy Lim of the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics in Taiwan; Chris Carilli, Anthony Beasley, and Ralph Marson of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Socorro, NM; and Stephen White of the University of Maryland studied the red - supergiant star Betelgeuse, about 430 light - years away in the constellation Orion.
In 2013, he was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of his significant studies of neutral hydrogen in our galaxy and others, and for his service to U.S. radio astronomy.
The radio astronomy group at Bielefeld University is looking for an astronomically — minded computer scientist for solarwind studies.
What is unique is that at the dawn of radio astronomy, a scientist predicted hydrogen would emit this radiation at detectable radio wavelengths, and this prediction offered astronomers a new tool for studying the universe.
While radio astronomy has the potential to one day answer the question of extraterrestrial intelligence, it also allows us to more accurately tell time right here on Earth, study terrestrial plate tectonics, and even get smartphone directions to that great new restaurant.
His main research interest is the study of fundamental physics using radio astronomy, in particular radio pulsars.
Although many applications of the radio spectrum provide a clear benefit for society, concern is growing about protecting observing conditions for radio astronomy, a uniquely powerful tool for studying the universe.
Bryan Gaensler, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Dale Frail, of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), in Socorro, NM, studied a pulsar that was thought to be 16,000 years old, but found instead that it is at least 40,000 years old and may be as old as 170,000 years.
This is the first time such a young pulsar has disappeared through precession,» Joeri van Leeuwen, an astrophysicist at The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy and University of Amsterdam, who led the study, said in the statement.
«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.»
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