Racing to build a radio telescope on the moon

Remember the "Wow!" signal? That high-energy radio signature occurred in 1977, when Earth was much "quieter" in the radio band. If it happened today, it probably wouldn't even move the needle on the ...

Why a radio telescope can be built from cardboard and aluminum foil: The metal-lined horn reflects radio waves toward a receiver

Dedicated hobbyists and curious students are assembling radio telescopes from common household objects. These innovative instruments catch elusive radio waves emitted by hydrogen in our galaxy. By ...
AOL

The Quest to Build a Radio Telescope That Can Hear the Cosmic Dark Ages

Isolation dictates where we go to see into the far reaches of the universe. The Atacama Desert of Chile, the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the vast expanse of the Australian Outback—these are where ...
Yahoo

NASA plans to build a giant radio telescope on the 'dark side' of the moon. Here's why.

NASA scientists are currently working on plans to build a giant radio telescope in a nearly mile-wide crater on the "dark side" of the moon. If approved, it could be constructed as early as the 2030s ...
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Radio telescopes on the moon could let us observe dozens of black hole shadows

Since the resolution of a telescope depends on the wavelength size, radio telescopes have to be huge. It would take a radio dish nearly 10 kilometers wide to get the resolution of a large optical ...
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Caltech readies to build world’s most sensitive radio telescope in Nevada

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Caltech researchers are preparing to build a radio telescope that will be the most sensitive ever constructed and survey the sky 100 times faster than any other radio telescope ...