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RSS Builder by B!Soft AO News Feed http://www.naic.edu/aorss/ AORSS is the nerv center for the latest up to date news for the Arecibo Observatory. en-us Edgardo Cruz <ecruz@naic.edu> All rights reserved 2004(c) AO News Feed http://www.naic.edu/aorss/ http://www.naic.edu/%7Eastro/aobsmall_ofict.gif First near-Earth triple asteroid Press Release Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:46:35 -0400 http://www.naic.edu/~pradar/asteroids/2001SN263/ http://www.naic.edu/~pradar/asteroids/2001SN263/ Mike Nolan <mnolan@naic.edu> These radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2001 SN263 were obtained on 2008 Feb 12 and 13. The resolution is 75m (250 feet) per pixel. Because the moons are rotating more slowly than the larger "primary", they appear narrower to the radar, which measures distance and speed. Arecibo transmitted 500 000 Watts toward the asteroid, but the echo power received with Arecibo's ultra-sensitive detectors and processed into these images totals less than a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a watt. Arecibo is both the world's most powerful radar transmitter and the world's most sensitive radio receiver.

]]> Arecibo telescope finds critical ingredients for the soup of life in a galaxy far, far Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:11:45 -0400 http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan08/Arecibo.methanimine.html http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan08/Arecibo.methanimine.html Lauren Gold <LG34@cornell.edu> Neutron stars can be more massive, while black holes are more rare, Arecibo Observatory Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:11:01 -0400 http://pressoffice.cornell.edu/Jan08/arecibo.pulsar.shtml Blaine Friedlander <bpf2@cornell.edu> Arecibo telescope's global users converge on nation's capital to plan threatened observatory's scientific future Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:03:25 -0400 http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept07/AreciboDC.html http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept07/AreciboDC.html Lauren Gold <bpf2@cornell.edu> WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 70 astronomers gathered on Capitol Hill this week, not to talk about the demise of a major national research facility, but to plan for its scientific future. With optimism, the group was planning the next 15 years of research for Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, the home of the world's largest radio telescope. radar image

]]> The Space Science Case for Arecibo Arecibo Presented to Cornell President Skorton Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:07:14 -0400 http://www.naic.edu/aorss/space_science.html http://www.naic.edu/aorss/space_science.html SALTO Communication Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:19:18 -0400 http://www2.naic.edu/aorss/salto_comunication.html http://www2.naic.edu/aorss/salto_comunication.html Salto Group <salto@naic.edu> The Planetary Society lends it's political power to AO. Sat, 1 Sep 2007 23:08:17 -0400 http://capwiz.com/tps/issues/alert/?alertid=9514086 Planetary Society <comments@planetary.org> Profs to Defend Arecibo Funding in D.C. Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:10:24 -0400 http://www.naic.edu/aorss/cornell_daily_sun.html Lisa Grossman The Washington Post reports on the precarious budget situation of the obserevatory. Sun, 9 Sep 2007 23:15:26 -0400 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/08/AR2007090801654.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/08/AR2007090801654.html Rick Weiss The Washington Post reports on the precarious budget situation of the obserevatory.

]]> New Results Confirm Dark Galaxy Existence Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:16:30 -0400 http://www2.naic.edu/aorss/dark_galaxy.html http://www2.naic.edu/aorss/dark_galaxy.html Robert Minchin <rminchin@naic.edu> New evidence from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the Netherlands has been used to rule out all but one of the ideas put forward to explain the existence of VIRGOHI 21, an intergalactic gas cloud 50 million light-years from theEarth.

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