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Arecibo Observatory joins global network to create 6,000-mile telescope

— 11 Jun 2008 01:30 | Astronomy

On 22 May Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico joined other telescopes in North America, South America, Europe and Africa in simultaneously observing the same targets, simulating a telescope... — full story

The Arecibo telescope (aerial view). Arecibo Observatory is a facility of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Centre which is operated by Cornell University under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation, (c) NAIC - Arecibo Observatory, a facility of the NSFPulsar stumps astronomers

— 19 May 2008 12:27 | Astronomy

An obese oddball of a star has left astronomers wondering how it could have formed. Dr David Champion at CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility and his colleagues from 20 other... — full story

These low-resolution radar images of asteroid 2007 TU24 were taken over a few hours by the Goldstone Solar System Radar Telescope in California's Mojave Desert, (c) NASA/JPL-CaltechNASA scientists get first images of Earth flyby asteroid

— 26 Jan 2008 02:02 | Astronomy

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have obtained the first images of asteroid 2007 TU24 using high-resolution radar data. The data indicate the asteroid... — full story

Arecibo telescope finds critical ingredients for the soup of life in a galaxy far, far away

— 15 Jan 2008 05:30 | Astronomy

Astronomers from Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have detected for the first time the molecules methanimine and hydrogen cyanide - two ingredients that... — full story

Neutron stars can be more massive, while black holes are more rare

— 15 Jan 2008 05:04 | Astronomy

Neutron stars and black holes aren't all they've been thought to be. In fact, neutron stars can be considerably more massive than previously believed, and it is more difficult to form... — full story

SETI@home ramps up to analyse more data in search of extraterrestrial intelligence

— 2 Jan 2008 21:28 | Astronomy

The longest-running search for radio signals from alien civilisations is getting a burst of new data from an upgraded Arecibo telescope, which means the SETI@home project needs more... — full story

Arecibo Observatory gets back to work

— 1 Jan 2008 15:40 | Astronomy

After receiving its first fresh, full coat of paint in more than 40 years, Arecibo Observatory made its first observation in more than six months at 6:36 AM, Saturday, 8 December. The... — full story

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