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MIT sets up ground station for satellite reception, radio astronomy
3 months, 2 weeks ago

MIT sets up ground station for satellite reception, radio astronomy

Hindustan Times  

MIT World Peace University has established a state-of-the-art ground station as part of the institution’s nano-satellite initiative. A team of 35 MIT-WPU students is working on the project along with 4 faculty members including Dr Anup Kale, prof Anagha Karne, Dr Deobrat Singh and Dr Sachin Kulkarni. Prof Milind Pande, pro-vice-chancellor, MIT-WPU said, “This cutting-edge Ground Station embodies a new …

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Elon Musk's fleet of Starlink satellites are spewing out RADIATION
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk's fleet of Starlink satellites are spewing out RADIATION

Daily Mail  

More than half of Elon Musk's Starlink internet satellites are leaking radiation in orbit that could hinder astronomers' ability to find habitable planets, a new study warns. The team observed 68 Starlinks in orbit and found 47 of them emit unintended radiation that could hinder deep space exploration The observations were made using the Low Frequency Array telescope, mainly in …

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Astronomers find new clue about mysterious radio flashes in space
1 year, 6 months ago

Astronomers find new clue about mysterious radio flashes in space

The Hindu  

Mysterious emissions of radio light from the far reaches of the universe are the next big thing in modern radio astronomy. An international team of astronomers has now published the results of its exhaustive study on a repeating FRB from a distant galaxy that offers new clues about the origins of these mysterious radio flashes. They include the Very Large …

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See the Apollo 15 landing site in this detailed image of the moon
3 years, 10 months ago

See the Apollo 15 landing site in this detailed image of the moon

Daily Mail  

Scientists have revealed an incredibly detailed image of the moon's surface showing objects as small as five metres in diameter, captured with reflected radar signals. The image, released by the US's National Radio Astronomy Observatory, shows the landing site of NASA's Apollo 15 mission in 1971 and the surrounding grooves and jagged craters. Apollo 15 landed at Hadley–Apennine, a region …

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A quiet place
4 years, 1 month ago

A quiet place

ABC  

The arid heart of Australia presents a window through which scientists hope to see beyond the furthest reaches of our solar system to the dawn of time. Mr Schinckel said the CSIRO's ASKAP had already made "incredible" discoveries, including mysterious fast radio bursts — flashes of radio waves from other galaxies. Mr Dann said "a white man's line" had been …

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Nokia's 4G lunar network is bad for radio astronomy, astrophysicist says
4 years, 1 month ago

Nokia's 4G lunar network is bad for radio astronomy, astrophysicist says

The Hindu  

Some astronomers say that Nokia and NASA's 4G network on the moon could rattle radio astronomy. "That is the issue that is worrying astronomers like me, now that Nokia of America has been awarded $14.1m for the development of the first ever cellular network on the Moon," said Emma Alexander, an astrophysicist from University of Manchester, in a blog. However, …

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Govind Swarup, pioneer of radio astronomy in India, dies at 91
4 years, 3 months ago

Govind Swarup, pioneer of radio astronomy in India, dies at 91

Hindustan Times  

Physicist Govind Swarup, known for pioneering radio astronomy in India and setting up giant radio telescopes, died on Monday in Pune. Swarup was the brains behind the designing and installation of the Ooty Radio Telescope and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope near Pune. In the 1980s, Swarup thought of a radio telescope even bigger than the one at Ooty and …

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