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 sensitivit... More
Book Information
Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
Binding | Hardcover |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 88 |
ISBN-10 | 0826332110 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0826332110 |
Publication Date | 05/16/2006 |
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