Jean Tate
Arecibo Observatory
[/caption] Named after the nearby city in Puerto Rico, the Arecibo Observatory (or Arecibo Radio Telescope) is the largest single-aperture…
15 years ago
What is Cherenkov Radiation?
Cherenkov radiation is named after the Russian physicist who first worked it out in detail, in 1934, Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov…
15 years ago
Barred Spiral Galaxy
[/caption] As its name implies, a barred spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with a bar through the center. Hubble…
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Hubble’s Law
[/caption] "The distance to objects beyond the Local Group is closely related to how fast they seem to be receding…
15 years ago