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New Project at the Penticton Radio Telescope

1/25/2013

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From CBC News:

A Canadian telescope bigger than six NHL hockey rinks is expected to help scientists understand the expansion of the universe and the role of mysterious dark energy.

The $11-million project is being built at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory southwest of Penticton, B.C., where the official groundbreaking took place this week. The radio telescope will use components from the cellphone industry to capture and turn radio waves emitted six to 11 billion years ago into a massive three-dimensional map of a quarter of the observable universe — the biggest such map to date.

Read the full article here:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/01/25/tech-bc-radio-telescope-chime.html



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