We have three exciting online classes coming up in June and July! Join us and learn about black holes, how we can study the Universe using hydrogen gas, and the frozen bodies — Pluto and its cousins — at the icy edge of our Solar System. Introduction to black holes Soviet researchers, who only had […]
Tag Archives | radio astronomy
Strong Foundations
It’s amazing how much we fail to appreciate the little things that make the big, complicated projects work. Sometimes, even getting concrete poured is a big milestone for a huge project. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) pathfinder MeerKAT announced that its foundations are complete for new radio telescopes to serve as a lead-up to the […]
Building a HUGE Telescope
Big science means big collaborations these days. Often, it takes many institutions and partners to probe the Universe deeper than ever before. Astronomy has been moving into the arena already occupied by physicists where it takes a big international collaboration to build a really big instrument. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) began as a dream, […]
I love the Invisible Universe
Radio astronomy is a different way of looking at the Universe. Literally. We know that there is only a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can see with our eyes. It’s a good part of the spectrum, no doubt, as our Sun shines brightest in it, so our eyes naturally would have adapted […]
Insider’s Look at a World Class Telescope
Well hello, CosmoQuesters. I am finally just about done with pictures and video from my trip to see ALMA in Chile a few weeks ago. I still have some podcast content to cut together and post on our brand new 365 Days of Astronomy website, but I thought I’d share all the goodness so far. […]
The Astronomer-Tourist
Greetings, all, from San Pedro, Chile! Well, actually, I’m drafting this post on the plane to Calama from Santiago, to be followed by a bus ride to San Pedro. I cut my trip to SXSW in Texas with my CosmoQuest colleagues short to answer an invitation for a trip that I have always wanted to […]