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Telescopes and space missions

Telescopes and space missions

Radio astronomy: from amateur roots to worldwide groups

(Courtesy: Bettymaya Foott, NRAO/AUI/NSF)
05 Mar 2024

Having emerged from amateur beginnings in the backyards of radio engineers, radio astronomy is now the focus of elite, international global consortia. Emma Chapman outlines how the subject has developed and why it needs to strike a fine balance between its science and engineering roots

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Emma Chapman is an astrophysicist and amateur radio astronomer, based at the University of Nottingham, UK. She is the author of First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time
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