If I ask you to picture a radio telescope, you probably imagine a large dish pointing to the sky, or even an array of dish ...

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Following his pattern, you can make your own Galilean telescope at home and use it to study the stars, just as the well-known astronomer once did. A do-it-yourself Galilean telescope makes an ...

it’s still pretty rad that using effectively all off-the-shelf components and freely available software, you too can have your own radio telescope.

it’s still pretty rad that using effectively all off-the-shelf components and freely available software, you too can have your own radio telescope.

The vast majority of the stars we can see hail from within our own galaxy ... than the radio wavelength being observed. Unlike optical telescopes, radio telescopes can make observations during ...

After the Second World War, 1940s America was awash with radar equipment and experienced technicians who could make ... in your backyard and a spare satellite dish lying around, why not give it a try?