Hacker News with Generative AI: Radio Telescopes

Advanced radio telescope technology 'sifts' space for mysteries (phys.org)
The first trial of an Australian-developed technology has detected mysterious objects by sifting through signals from space like sand on a beach.
Astronomy, Technology, Radio Telescopes, Space
16 points by wglb 23 days ago | 0 comments
A new ability to pinpoint sources of fast radio bursts (news.berkeley.edu)
Astronomer Calvin Leung was excited last summer to crunch data from a newly commissioned radio telescope to precisely pinpoint the origin of repeated bursts of intense radio waves — so-called fast radio bursts (FRBs) — emanating from somewhere in the northern constellation Ursa Minor.
Astronomy, Space, Radio Telescopes
74 points by gmays 24 days ago | 10 comments
2nd-gen Starlink satellites emit 30x more RF interference, blinding telescopes (astron.nl)
Observations with the LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) radio telescope last year showed that first generation Starlink satellites emit unintended radio waves that can hinder astronomical observations. New observations with the LOFAR radio telescope, the biggest radio telescope on Earth observing at low frequencies, have shown that the second generation ’V2-mini’ Starlink satellites emit up to 32 times brighter unintended radio waves than satellites from the previous generation, potentially blinding radio telescopes and crippling vital research of the Universe.
Space Exploration, Technology, Astronomy, Radio Telescopes, Satellites
44 points by kibwen 155 days ago | 35 comments