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Watch SETI-Seeking Radio Dishes Dance Across the Universe
Radio dishes always evoke wonder, as these giants search for invisible (to our eyes, anyway) radio signals from objects like…
What Was the WOW Signal?
What was the signal received in 1977? Was it a cryptic message from an alien civilization? (more…)
If You Could See in Radio These Are the Crazy Shapes You’d See in the Sky
Even though it's said that the average human eye can discern from seven to ten million different values and hues of…
Best Evidence Yet for a High-Energy Jet Emanating from the Milky Way’s Black Hole
Jets of high energy particles emanating from a black hole have been detected plenty of times before, but in other…
Your Weekend Movie: Beyond The Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
While some of you will no doubt be heading to the theaters to see the new release of "Gravity," for…
Gigantic Plasma Jets Pour From the Heart of Hercules A
Combined Hubble (optical) and VLA (radio) images show enormous radio jets shooting out from the galaxy Hercules A Talk about…
Help Give the Very Large Array a New Name
[/caption] The iconic Very Large Array is almost as much pop culture as science instrument. It’s been part of movie…
Big or Small, All Stars Form the Same Way
[/caption] How do massive stars form? This has been one of the more hotly debated questions in astronomy. Do big…