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Blowing in the wind: fast molecular clouds discovered streaming out from the Galactic Center
Interesting things are happening in the center of the Milky Way, and scientists using radio telescopes on three continents have been making discoveries about a high energy wind that is blasting out of our galaxy.
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To find giant black holes, start with Jupiter
A North-American team of astronomers is collecting data from neutron stars across the Milky Way, weaving a galactic-sized web that will tingle when traversed by gravitational waves from the largest black holes in nature. Surprisingly, the success of this effort hinges on the robotic exploration of our own solar system. This team of astronomers is…
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The GBT: A Powerful Tool for Discovering Fast Radio Bursts
Photo courtesy Jesse Thornton.
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The GBT Helps Solve a Titan-ic Mystery
Titan has hundreds of lakes in its polar regions (shown in this radar image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft). Decades-old data once suggested lakes should be found at the equator instead. USGS, ASI, JPL-Caltech/NASA
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The GBT’s precision, and international teamwork, measure the Universe
A new set of precision distance measurements made with an international collection of radio telescopes have greatly increased the likelihood that theorists need to revise the “standard model” that describes the fundamental nature of the Universe.