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Successful Test Paves Way for New Planetary Radar
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The National Science Foundationâs Green Bank Observatory (GBO) and National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and Raytheon Intelligence & Space conducted a test in November to prove that a new radio telescope system can capture high-resolution images in near-Earth space.
GBO’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia â the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope â was outfitted with a new transmitter developed by Raytheon Intelligence & Space, allowing it to transmit a radar signal into space. The NRAO’s continent-wide Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) received the reflected signal and produced images of the Apollo 15 moon landing site.
Astronomers in Alconbury are searching for alien life.
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Astronomers at Alconbury plan to listen for noise made by alien factories using the first UK telescope dedicated to the search for extra-terrestrials.
The EAAROCIBO project – launched by a group of scientists and businessmen, aims to ditch the traditional method of searching for ET that has so far failed to detect interstellar radio transmissions.
Unlike traditional searches, EAAROCIBO’s ground-based telescope will focus on a particular patch of space with the largest number of stars, a concept similar to that used by the orbiting Kepler Telescope in its search for extra-solar planets.
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MOREHEAD Benjamin K. Malphrus, executive director of the Space Science Center and professor of space science at Morehead State University, will be inducted into the Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame.