LOFAR telescopes helped to discover 300000 new galaxies

An international team of more than 200 astronomers from 18 countries has published the first phase of a major new radio sky survey at unprecedented sensitivity using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. The ..

Tags: ASTRON • Astronomical imaging • Astronomy • Natural sciences • Observational astronomy

Square Kilometre Array Project

A verdict on where to site the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope will be taken soon. The choices under considerations are: South Africa Australia and New Zealand The SKA will be built in the southern hemisphere, in South Africa ..

Tags: Array • ASTRON • Astronomy • MeerKAT • Natural sciences

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012