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Population of 'dwarf' pulses is found by researchers using FAST
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Researchers from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) under the direction of Prof. HAN Jinlin have discovered distinct "dwarf pulses" from the bright pulsar PSR B2111+46 using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST).
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IIT Roorkee researchers help in understanding humming of our universe obse
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
An International team of astronomers from India, Japan and Europe has recently published the results from monitoring nature's best clocks, pulsars using six of the World's most sensitive radio telescopes, including India's largest telescope, uGMRT. These results provide scintillating evidenc
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Team of scientists observe inner-most structure of quasar jet
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An international team of scientists has observed the narrowing of a quasar jet for the first time by using a network of radio telescopes across the world. The results suggest that the narrowing of the jet is independent of the activity level of the galaxy which launched it.
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China Matters explored the World's Largest Radio Telescope FAST
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 14 (ANI/PR Newswire): FAST, or the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, is the largest radio telescope in the world. It is not only an achievement of Chinese astronomical science and technology, but marks an important step in the astronomical explorat
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4.4 million galaxies revealed by scientists in new study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Durham [England], February 26 (ANI): It is not an unknown fact that our universe has millions of galaxies, of which, we live in one: the Milky Way galaxy. But is it possible to find out how many galaxies are there? In a piece of surprising news, a Durham University astronomer collaborating w
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Telescope finds no signs of alien technology in 10 million star systems
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], September 8 (ANI): A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has completed the deepest and broadest search at low frequencies for alien technologies, scanning a patch of sky known to include at least 10 million stars.
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Radio telescopes find extrasolar planet around main-sequence star
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Aug 4 (ANI): An international team of astronomers including Gisela Ortiz-Leon from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn discovered a Saturn-like planet orbiting a small, cool star by detecting the "wobble" in the star's motion caused by the gravi
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New measurements bolster challenge to basic model of universe
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Mexico [USA], June 11 (ANI): A new set of precision distance measurements made with an international collection of radio telescopes have greatly increased the likelihood that theorists need to revise the 'standard model' that describes the fundamental nature of the universe.
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Star formation project maps nearby Interstellar clouds
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of ongoing high-mass star formation.
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How newborn stars prepare for birth of planets
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 20 (ANI): An international team of astronomers used two of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world to create more than three hundred images of planet-forming disks around very young stars in the Orion clouds.
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Astronomers discover rare double nucleus feature in a 'Cocoon Galaxy'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): Astronomers have revealed in a new study that the so-called 'Cocoon Galaxy' has a unique double-nucleus structural feature and shape.
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World’s largest radio telescope gets one step closer to beat Hubble telesc
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Feb 27 (ANI): The world’s largest radio telescope, Square Kilometre Array (SKA), is one step closer to completion in the remote West Australian desert, as scientists are putting the final touches on the build for the ambitious project.
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