Tag Archives: NASA
World’s Largest Network Radio Telescope Powers Up
Posted on 21. Nov, 2009 by admin.
If one telescope is good, 35 is most assuredly better. That’s the number of networked radio telescopes that just powered up to observe 243 quasars across the universe, according to Space.com. The goal, in what amounts to a record-breaking effort: “improve the precision of the reference time frame that today’s scientists use to measure positions [...]
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Water on the Moon! NASA
Posted on 14. Nov, 2009 by admin.
Although the LCROSS mission last month (aka the “moon bombing”) that was broadcast live on TV and the Internet may have not provided any spectacular footage, it did apparently deliver some remarkable findings. According to NASA, “the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impacts into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus cater [...]