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Radio Astronomy
Instead of optical telescopes, astronomers use antennas and computers to study the Universe at wavelengths invisible to the human eye. So, how does that work?
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Analyzing Astronomical Data Can Drive You (to) AIPS!
This article discusses AIPS, a scientific visualization software package for radio telescopy.

Susan Jocelyn Bell-Burnell - Radio, Gamma Ray, X-ray, Infrared Waves from the Stars
S. Jocelyn Bell was a failure at age eleven, went on to attain a Ph.D. in astronomy and discover the first four pulsars.
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Riccardo Giacconi - The Executive Astronomer
The 2003 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics was Riccardo Giacconi, current president of the Associated Universities Incorporated, and an internationally reknown astronomer credited with locating the first cosmic source of X-rays.
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