SCIENTISTS TO MAP UNIVERSE.(Arecibo Observatory is investing in radio receivers to upgrade radio telescope)(Brief Article)

Caribbean Update | August 1, 2003 | Copyright

The world's most sensitive listening device is about to hear more from the universe. The radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory, powerful enough to hear a phone conversation on Venus or planets forming several billion light years away, is being upgraded with six more radio receivers to expand the area of space it can explore at any time, scientists said, reports AP (July 1, 2003):

Once the $1 million upgrade, nicknamed the "ALFA Project," is completed next year, the observatory's staff of 15 scientists will take on the arduous task of mapping the night sky for ...

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