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MPIfR_Bonn<p>Marta Burgay and Michael Kramer receiving the 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝔸𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕 on behalf of all the authors of the Kramer et al. (2021) Double Pulsar paper 👏 🎉 🌟 </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/uKcZgUTYGww?si=0gAaCTQCuu1m0KE-&amp;t=10366" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/uKcZgUTYGww?s</span><span class="invisible">i=0gAaCTQCuu1m0KE-&amp;t=10366</span></a></p><p><a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/pulsar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pulsar</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/award" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>award</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/congrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congrats</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/basicscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basicscience</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> gravitation <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/einstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>einstein</span></a></p>
AlcorNews<p>FAST, le radiotélescope géant de 500 m, capte plus de 1 000 pulsars et scrute l’Univers avec une sensibilité inégalée 🌌<br><a href="https://www.innovant.fr/2025/07/09/il-va-ecouter-lunivers-entier-le-plus-grand-radiotelescope-du-monde-fast-acheve-en-chine-promet-de-reveler-des-secrets-cosmiques-inaccessibles-jusquici/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">innovant.fr/2025/07/09/il-va-e</span><span class="invisible">couter-lunivers-entier-le-plus-grand-radiotelescope-du-monde-fast-acheve-en-chine-promet-de-reveler-des-secrets-cosmiques-inaccessibles-jusquici/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAST</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PulsarHunts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PulsarHunts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GravitationalWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GravitationalWaves</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SKAEmerging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SKAEmerging</span></a></p>
Daniel Pomarède<p>Protecting the Cosmos: NSF NRAO leads critical spectrum studies to safeguard radioastronomy amidst radio spectrum reallocation</p><p>📷: Advanced Spectrum Monitor ASM-1 in testing at the Green Bank Observatory. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO. </p><p><a href="https://public.nrao.edu/news/protecting-the-cosmos-nsf-nrao-leads-critical-spectrum-studies-to-safeguard-radio-astronomy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">public.nrao.edu/news/protectin</span><span class="invisible">g-the-cosmos-nsf-nrao-leads-critical-spectrum-studies-to-safeguard-radio-astronomy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Radioastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenBank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenBankTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenBankTelescope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestVirginia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pocahontas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pocahontas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PocahontasCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PocahontasCounty</span></a></p>
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Daniel Pomarède<p>The ‘cosmic clocks’ preparing SKAO for early science</p><p>Observations of pulsars – rapidly spinning dead stars – are helping the SKA Observatory to prepare for science operations.</p><p><a href="https://www.skao.int/en/news/651/cosmic-clocks-preparing-skao-early-science" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">skao.int/en/news/651/cosmic-cl</span><span class="invisible">ocks-preparing-skao-early-science</span></a></p><p>The signal ⤵️ shows 100 pulses from the Vela pulsar and has been sonified 🔊</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/skao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skao</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vela</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pulsar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pulsar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/velapulsar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>velapulsar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pulsars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pulsars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SKAlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SKAlow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SKA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SKA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/clocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a></p>
Daniel Pomarède<p>ALMA Reveals Stunning Details of Infant Galaxies in the Early Universe</p><p>Groundbreaking survey provides unprecedented views of galaxy formation when the Universe was just a toddler. </p><p><a href="https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-reveals-stunning-details-of-infant-galaxies-in-the-early-universe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">public.nrao.edu/news/alma-reve</span><span class="invisible">als-stunning-details-of-infant-galaxies-in-the-early-universe</span></a></p><p>📷: the family portrait of early galaxy formation created from the research of the CRISTAL survey. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cosmology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/galaxies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>galaxies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ALMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALMA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NRAO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRAO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CRISTAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRISTAL</span></a></p>
MPIfR_Bonn<p>The South African MeerKAT telescope is the precursor of SKA-MID. The expanded MeerKAT+ array — including more than a dozen additional SKA antennas and receivers — is part of a project funded in partnership by SARAO (@ska_africa), the Max Planck Society (@maxplanckgesellschaft), and INAF.</p><p><a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/radiowaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiowaves</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/skao" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>skao</span></a></span></p>
Loki the Cat<p>Scientists got all excited thinking they'd discovered a new pulsar, but plot twist: it was just NASA's Relay 2 satellite from 1967 having one last cosmic tantrum! 🛰️ </p><p>Even 57-year-old space junk can still surprise us with mysterious radio bursts. Who knew dead satellites were such drama queens?</p><p><a href="https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/29/0410213/mysterious-radio-burst-turns-out-to-be-from-a-dead-1967-nasa-satellite" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.slashdot.org/story/25/</span><span class="invisible">06/29/0410213/mysterious-radio-burst-turns-out-to-be-from-a-dead-1967-nasa-satellite</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SpaceDebris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceDebris</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a></p>
Karl Dezeti<p>Für einen „Mobilfunkturm im <a href="https://norden.social/tags/weltraum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weltraum</span></a> soll die Zahl erdnaher <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> Satelliten auf 7.500 anwachsen.<br>Folgen:<br>😦 - Steigerung des Risiken von <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Weltraumschrott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weltraumschrott</span></a> Lawinen<br>😵 - Kontaminierung der Erdatmosphäre, Beschädigung der <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Ozonschicht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ozonschicht</span></a><br>🙁 - Behinderung von <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomie</span></a> Beobachtungen </p><p><a href="https://t3n.de/news/spacex-neue-starlink-satelliten-sind-viel-heller-problem-1639717/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">t3n.de/news/spacex-neue-starli</span><span class="invisible">nk-satelliten-sind-viel-heller-problem-1639717/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://t3n.de/news/spacex-starlink-satelliten-ausweichmanoever-orbit-1563587/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">t3n.de/news/spacex-starlink-sa</span><span class="invisible">telliten-ausweichmanoever-orbit-1563587/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co</span><span class="invisible">m/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280</span></a></p><p>🌐 Für entlegene Orte und bei Latenz von 0,24 s, gibt es geostationäre Alternativen, z.B.</p><p><a href="https://philarchive.org/archive/BOSRAF" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">philarchive.org/archive/BOSRAF</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/satellit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satellit</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a></p>
Dr. John Barentine FRAS<p>"Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to auction anywhere from 600 to 800 megahertz of spectrum without specifying protections for scientific research, despite concerns from scientists who say access to certain bands allows unique observations in astronomy and atmospheric science."</p><p><a href="https://www.aip.org/fyi/spectrum-auctions-raise-concerns-for-scientists" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aip.org/fyi/spectrum-auctions-</span><span class="invisible">raise-concerns-for-scientists</span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/RadioSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>Last year, astronomers detected a fast radio burst that got them excited as to a new discovery, but confused them as to the signal's power</p><p>When they pinpointed the signal it turned out to be... a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> satellite that died in 1964</p><p>They have some good theories as to how the zombie satellite fired off some signals but us <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> fans know what's going on</p><p>V'GER</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-06-mysterious-fast-radio-dead-nasa.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-06-mysterio</span><span class="invisible">us-fast-radio-dead-nasa.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioastronomy</span></a></p>
MPI für Radioastronomie<p>We had a great week full of science in Görlitz. Many thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/skao" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>skao</span></a></span> , DZA, and all the other organizers! 🙌 </p><p>You can get a glimpse of the fantastic atmosphere at the event in our short video. </p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/skao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skao</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Radioastronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Radioastronomie</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/wissenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wissenschaft</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/konferenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>konferenz</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/g%C3%B6rlitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>görlitz</span></a></p>
Prof. Abel Mendez<p>This summer, we are beginning to bring back to life the computer program that detected the Wow! Signal in 1977, nearly 50 years ago. Initially written in FORTRAN IV, the program ran on an IBM 1130 computer and printed its output on an IBM 1132 line printer. 🙂 <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/wowsignal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wowsignal</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioastronomy</span></a></p>
Just this guy<p>Dr. Andrew Thornett <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23M6THO" target="_blank">#M6THO</a> - Making a 150cm <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RadioTelescope" target="_blank">#RadioTelescope</a> from a Solar Cooker 2025 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SARA" target="_blank">#SARA</a> Eastern Conference <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02GskF-4jbU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Gs...</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HamRadio" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AmateurRadio" target="_blank">#AmateurRadio</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Astronomy" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RadioAstronomy" target="_blank">#RadioAstronomy</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02GskF-4jbU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Andrew Thornett - Making a...</a></p>
Vladimir Savić<p>❗️</p><p>The Growing Impact of Unintended Starlink Broadband Emission on Radio Astronomy in the SKA-Low Frequency Range <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02831" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2506.02831</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioastronomy</span></a>📡 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a>🔭</p>
MPI für Radioastronomie<p>🌟 From June 16 to 20, 2025, Görlitz will become the 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲! 🌟</p><p>At the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/skao" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>skao</span></a></span> Science Meeting, over 500 researchers from around the world will come together to advance the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory.</p><p>Germany is strongly represented as a founding member through the MPIfR and the DZA. The conference will highlight exciting topics such as cosmology, galaxy evolution, gravitational waves, and the search for life beyond Earth.</p><p>👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Over 200 scientific talks, international experts, and a public program featuring a lecture by Prof. Dr. Michael Kramer on June 17.</p><p>We are very much looking forward to the conference and a successful collaboration!</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/SKAO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SKAO</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/G%C3%B6rlitz2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Görlitz2025</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/MPIfR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MPIfR</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/DZA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DZA</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
MPI für Radioastronomie<p>Let’s do an experiment: You’ll need two hands, a pen, and a sheet of paper. Place your left hand on your chest or on your carotid artery, take the pen in your right hand, and move it steadily across the paper while recording the beats and pauses. What you create resembles an ECG – but more importantly, you’ve just converted mechanical vibrations into a digital form. These can be translated into numerical values, fed into a computer, and transformed into sound using special software. This is how the sound of your heartbeat is created.</p><p>What is sound from a physical perspective? It’s a mechanical vibration that propagates through a medium. The denser the medium, the faster sound travels: about 343 m/s in air, around 1500 m/s in water, and even faster in solids. Since space is a vacuum – the area between celestial bodies (stars, planets, etc.) is almost empty and extremely low in density – it’s impossible for sound to travel through space.</p><p>So what is “the sound of the universe”? It can best be explained using pulsars. A pulsar recording shows a series of periodic impulses (just like your heartbeat), which can be digitized and converted into sound. The peaks in the recording mark the moments when the pulsar emits radiation in the direction of the observer; the pauses represent the times when the radiation points elsewhere.</p><p>These recordings have nothing to do with the actual sounds of the objects themselves. Still, in a way, they allow us to make space audible.</p><p>©Animation &amp; Collage: A. Kazantsev | MPIfR</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/pulsars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pulsars</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/vacuum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vacuum</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/experiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>experiment</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a></p>
JIVE<p>🌍 📡 <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/TheEarthSizedRadioTelescopeJustGotBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheEarthSizedRadioTelescopeJustGotBetter</span></a>!<br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a>’s MeerKAT has now observed with the European <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/VLBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VLBI</span></a> Network—greatly enhancing sensitivity and resolution. A milestone for <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a> 🌌 🔗 <a href="https://jive.eu/news/earth-sized-radio-observatory-just-got-better-south-africas-meerkat-telescope-joins-forces" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jive.eu/news/earth-sized-radio</span><span class="invisible">-observatory-just-got-better-south-africas-meerkat-telescope-joins-forces</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/MeerKATJoinsEVN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeerKATJoinsEVN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/ConnectingHemispheres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConnectingHemispheres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/JIVEVN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JIVEVN</span></a></p>
Dr. John Barentine FRAS<p>A new SKA-Low study accepted for publication in A&amp;A finds that "some datasets have a detectable <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> in ~30% of all images acquired".</p><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02831" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2506.02831</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/RadioInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioInterference</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/RFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFI</span></a></p>
tomsharp<p>In 1933, Karl Guthe Jansky accidentally picked up a radio transmission from the black hole at the center of our galaxy, starting the field of radio astronomy. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Radioastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Radioastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Jansky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jansky</span></a> (<a href="https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1933b.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sharpgiving.com/thebookofscien</span><span class="invisible">ce/items/p1933b.html</span></a>)</p>