Death Stars, Weird Galaxies, and a Quasar-Spangled Universe: The Discoveries of the Very Large Array Telescope
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In 1931, Karl Jansky was hired by AT&T to search for sources of static that might interfere with radio waves for transatlantic communications. Jansky identified static from thunderstorms and random radio noise from devices on Earth, but he also found a radio hiss from the Milky Way galaxy. After World War II, astronomers constructed more radio telescopes with greater sensitivity to faint radio signals from space. In the 1970s, the National Radio Astronomy...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0826332110
ISBN13:9780826332110
Release Date:May 2006
Publisher:University of New Mexico Press
Length:88 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.1" x 10.3"
Age Range:14 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 9 and higher
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