HIDDEN UNIVERSES

You might not believe it, but much of the cosmos goes undetected by our eyes. Peer beyond visible light to reveal the explosive and catastrophic behaviour of the universe

INTERVIEW Charles Blue National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) “Radio astronomy is utterly essential for understanding the universe, since optical telescopes only see bright stars and objects illuminated by them. Radio telescopes, on the other hand, see the cold, dark and distant universe. This includes nurseries that form stars, clouds of hydrogen gas, molecules in galaxies, energetic particles accelerated by super dense black holes and galaxies near cosmic dawn. These objects and in fact all objects in space, shine at radio wavelengths. When combined with other telescopes operating at different wavelengths, radio astronomy unlocks even more amazing information, supplying us with a more complete picture of the cosmos.” If we just relied on our eyes, we’d find that we would be blind to most of what the universe has to offer.…

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