Radio telescopes are one of the more high-profile pieces of scientific apparatus. There is an excitement to stories of radio astronomers of old probing the mysteries of the Universe on winter ...

Any radio telescope on the moon's back end would pick up the pure emissions of the universe. That's why Burns wants to build a 6-mile-wide windmill-shaped array of more than 100 radio antennas on ...

Foil-lined foam insulation board, scraps of lumber, and a paint-thinner can hardly sound like the tools of a radio astronomer. But when coupled with an SDR, a couple of amplifiers, and a fair ...

A number of Bristol Astrophysics theme members use radio telescopes for their research. The larger the telescope, the fainter and more distant objects it can detect. The resolution, or the ability to ...

NASA is planning a groundbreaking mission: building a massive radio telescope on the far side of the Moon. Discover how this lunar telescope will explore the universe’s origins, detect ancient ...

An curved arrow pointing right. China just finished building the world's largest radio telescope. The 500-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, will allow China to detect radio signals from ...

Radio telescopes receive radio waves emitted by ... based on outstanding facility platforms," Ding said. China began building its VLBI network in the 1970s. In 2004, the lunar exploration project ...

The 500-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is being built in China. With a dish the size of 30 football fields, it will be the largest radio telescope in the world when it is completed in 2016.