News articles tagged with 'interferometer'
Closing the loop for ALMA
— 5 Jan 2010 12:14 | AstronomyOn 20 November 2009 the third antenna for the ALMA observatory was successfully installed at the Array Operations Site, the observatory's 'high site' on the Chajnantor plateau, at an…
LIGO listens for gravitational echoes of the birth of the universe
— 20 Aug 2009 12:52 | AstronomyAn investigation by the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration has significantly advanced our understanding…
Red giant star Betelgeuse is mysteriously shrinking
— 10 Jun 2009 10:12 | AstronomyThe red supergiant star Betelgeuse, the bright reddish star in the constellation Orion, has steadily shrunk over the past 15 years, according to University of California, Berkeley,…
Scientists create nanoscale zipper cavity that responds to single photons of light
— 5 Jun 2009 17:29 | TechnologyPhysicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a nanoscale device that can be used for force detection, optical communication, and more. The device exploits…
Ocean-tracking receiver to aid weather forecasts
— 11 Feb 2009 10:20 | TechnologyFor weather forecasters trying to stay ahead of the next tropical cyclone, deadly heat wave or drought, knowing the ocean water temperature, circulation patterns and current shifts…
Scientists get best view yet of infant stars at feeding time
— 13 Oct 2008 11:18 | AstronomyScientists have used ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer to conduct the first high resolution survey that combines spectroscopy and interferometry on intermediate-mass infant…
First light for the PRIMA instrument
— 19 Sep 2008 18:10 | AstronomyThe PRIMA instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) recently saw 'first light' at its new home atop Cerro Paranal in Chile. When fully operational, PRIMA will…
Queen's scientist named astronomer of the year
— 14 Apr 2008 13:22 | AstronomyA Queen's University Belfast researcher has won 'The Young Astronomer Award 2008' from the Astronomical Society of Japan. Dr Hideko Nomura was presented with the award in recognition…
Team simulates first merger of three black holes on a supercomputer
— 9 Apr 2008 07:59 | AstronomyThe same team of astrophysicists that cracked the computer code simulating two black holes crashing and merging together has now, for the first time, caused a three-black-hole collision…
LIGO sheds light on cosmic event
— 7 Jan 2008 16:10 | AstronomyAn analysis by the international LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration - including scientists from the Universities of Glasgow, Cardiff…