Articles related to "Radio Telescopes"

The Parkes Radio Telescope celebrates the 40th anniversary of the moon landing on 21 July 1969.

The Australia Telescope Compact Array at Narrabri is the first millimetre-wave interferometer in the Southern Hemisphere. It celebrated 20 years with an Open Day in 2008.

SETI, or the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, is the collective name for a number of on-going projects dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life.

In addition to visible light, astronomers study radio waves from the Sun, planets, stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects.

Will an impact from the asteroid Apophis end life on Earth as we know it?

The Dish retells the true story of the Parkes radio telescope broadcasting images of man walking on the moon to the rest of the world.

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?

Anyone can participate in the SETI project through a free program to analyze data transmitted from the Space Sciences Laboratory at the UC Berkeley.

In addition to visible light, astronomers use ultraviolet, infrared, radio waves, X-rays and gamma rays to study planets, stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects.

Those hunting for the elusive neutrino typically trek to exotic locations to detect the particle. But new projects are looking up to Moon to detect neutrinos using radio.

A tremendous blank spot free of galaxies, stars, dark matter or black holes has been discovered in the distant reaches of space.

The SETI@Home project is looking for additional people to run a program on their computers that may reveal a signal from alien life forms in outer space.

With seti@home, download the BOINC client and use your home computer's spare capacity to analyze data from the Arecibo radio telescope, to find signals from aliens.

Every year, thousands of people worldwide report seeing UFOs, but what is the scientific view of an alien visitation?

Australia's CSIRO produces a great range of fun science resources for students of all ages including magazines and a weekly email with science projects and information.

Gravitational lenses, predicted by Einstein's general relativity, provide an important experimental confirmation of this theory and help astronomers find dark matter.

Optical sensors detect the presence or behavior of light waves. This could include light in the visible spectrum, or outside the visible spectrum.

The North West County of Cheshire is famous for its delicious cheese. However, it is also a place to eat cream teas, buy Space Food and dine beside a canal lock.

The combination of a planetarium and a nature center seems unusual, but it works well in Fort Myers, FL.

Siding Spring Observatory, near Coonabarabran, is Australia's largest astronomy research facility. A visitors' gallery and exhibition area is open to the public.