Radio Astronomy Observatories

Images of iconic radio telescopes in various locations, showcasing modern scientific instruments against clear blue skies, conveying a sense of exploration and technology.

Radio telescope in a field at dawn, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Owens Valley, California, USA
Radio telescope in a field at dawn, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Owens Valley, California, USA
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Small observatory at the San Antonio Volcano Visitor Centre, Fuencaliente, La Palma, Spain, Europe
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Radio Telescopes, Very Large Array, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, New Mexico, USA
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Gran Telescopio Canarias, observatory on Roque de los Muchachos above the clouds, Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente, Caldera, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
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MAGIC-Telescope, Major Atmospheric Gamma-Ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope, observatory on Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
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Visitors Look Through A Telescope In An Observatory At York University; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Telescope, Irbene, Ventspils, Latvia, Baltic States, Europe, International Centre for Radio Astronomy, Europe
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Interior view of the 26-inch refracting telescope in building two (B-2). Base: Naval Observatory, Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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March 17, 2013 - The Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope in New Mexico at sunset. The Earth's shadow rising at right and the pink Belt of Venus is along the eastern horizon.
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USA, Hawaii, Mauna Kea, Observatories at Mauna Kea Science Reserve
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Germany, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Fünfseenland, Ammersee region, Raisting, dish aerials of the earth station,
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Radio telescope at the Very Large Array (VLA), Plains of San Agustin, Socorro, New Mexico, USA
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Astronomical observatory, on the blue sky
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VLA Very Large Array radio telescope dishes scattered in field
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Moon Unit Telescope 2 & Southern Cross Unit Telescope 3, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope (Vlt) Operated By The European Southern Observatory At ...
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Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on the summit on Mauna Kea, Big Island, Hawaii, USA (Editorial Use Only)
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Radio telescopes of the Raisting earth station, Raisting, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
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USA, Massachusetts, Chatham. Chatham's weather balloon launch site.
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View of the parabolic mirror in Raisting at the earth station, Raisting, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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Long-exposure star trails behind a communications tower. 'Communication' Microwave Tower, Steptoe Butte, Washington State
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Monitoring of night by tracking radio of the bears France
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Switzerland, Oberland, Jungfrau, the research center
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Volcanologist, Vesuvio volcano, Naples, Campania, Italy
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Green Bank Radio Telescope
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centre for gene function view of south/east elevation with two domes
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France, Midi-Pyrenees Region, Haute-Garonne Department, Toulouse, Cite de l'Espace space park, Russian Soyuz space station
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Magic telescope, worlds largest IACT mirror telescope, Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope, 17m diameter, Observatorio Astrofisico, astronomy, astrophysics, observatory, Roque de los Muchachos, Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
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Observatories, including twin Kecks, atop Mauna Kea, tallest mountain in Hawaii and some of the best astronomical viewing conditions in the world; Isl...
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Vintage Photograph. The sphere spotter giant 50 ft antenna "Diana" moon radar use of these radar will give the scientists accurate information on the satellites course and altitude even when atmospheric or other conditions interfere with visual observation or reception from the sphere's tiny radio.
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Telescope at a viewpoint
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Photograph of the Radio Telescope Antenna erected at Stanford University. Dated 20th century
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Meteo France Station
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Lightning Over The National Weather Service Station
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Aerial view of a concentrated solar thermal plant, Mojave Desert, California, near Las Vegas, United States.
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The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope just over 1,000 feet (305 m) across, the largest single radio telescope. The main metal collecting dish sits fixed a hemispherical karst sinkhole. Because it is fixed, a spherical reflector hangs 500 feet (150 m) over the dish on a 900 ton platform, seen here, known as 'the feed'. The observatory is the primary location of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, NAIC.
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Moon Unit Telescope 2, Southern Cross Unit Telescope 3 & Venus Unit Telescope 4, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope (Vlt) Operated By The European ...
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European Southern Observatory Vlt Observatory On Cerro Paranal, Antofagasta Region, Chile
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Trip to Western States: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. View of the Acquisition Radar Receiver for the Nike Zeus missile at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (seated in back of car at right center) visited the missile range to view demonstrations. Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.
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During 2019 field tests near Greenland's Summit Station, a high-elevation remote observing station, the WATSON (Wireline Analysis Tool for the Subsurface Observation of Northern ice sheets) instrument is put through its paces to seek out signs of life, or biosignatures, 360 feet (110 meters) down a borehole. In this photograph, the winch that holds the drill pokes out the top of the drill tent. WATSON could one day be launched aboard a robotic mission to seek out biosignatures on the ocean moons of Enceladus, Europa, or even Titan. The WATSON team hopes to test the instrument in a variety of cold locations on Earth to see how the distribution and variety of biosignatures change depending on where they are. By testing WATSON in different Earth analogs areas on Earth that can stand in for those on other worlds scientists would be able to better understand the chemical fingerprints of any biosignatures detected on other worlds.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. - A truck carrying all three stages of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASAs Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, spacecraft will launch aboard the Pegasus XL in late 2012. IRIS will open a new window of discovery by tracing the flow of energy and plasma through the chromospheres and transition region into the suns corona using spectrometry and imaging. IRIS fills a crucial gap in our ability to advance studies of the sun-to-Earth connection by tracing the flow of energy and plasma through the foundation of the corona and heliosphere, or region around the sun.
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Aerial view of a concentrated solar thermal plant, Mojave Desert, California, near Las Vegas, United States.
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Weather monitoring station, Eielson Visitor Center, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA
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Automatische Wetterstation in den Bergen. Automatic weather station in the mountains. Copyright: xZoonar.com/StanislavxSablinx 22970371
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Hanksville, Utah, Researchers simulate living on Mars at the Mars Desert Research Station. A 15 kW solar system provides electricity to the station
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USA, Nevada, Great Basin, Mercury, Nevada Test Site sign, site of mid-twentieth century US nuclear weapons tests
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France, Centre Val de Loire, Cher department, Nancay, astronomie center
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The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope just over 1,000 feet (305 m) across, the largest single radio telescope. The main metal collecting dish sits fixed a hemispherical karst sinkhole. Because it is fixed, a spherical reflector hangs 500 feet (150 m) over the dish on a 900 ton platform, known as 'the feed'. The observatory is the primary location of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, NAIC.
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Observatories at Roque de los Muchachos, Tijarafe, La Palma, Spain, Europe
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Photo collection Government information service. Astronomy, astronomy. undated. Drenthe, Westerbork
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Yebes (Guadalajara), 04/04/2024. Yebes Observatory is the most important astronomical observatory of the National Geographic Institute, as well as its center for instrumental development. In the image, Jorge Juan antenna. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.
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TROPICS Rocket Launch. A Rocket Lab Electron rocket stands on Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand, just ahead of liftoff at 3:46 p.m. NZST Friday, May 26, with NASAs Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) CubeSats secured in the payload fairing atop the rocket. The successful launch placed the final pair of TROPICS CubeSats into orbit, completing the constellation. TROPICS will provide data on temperature, precipitation, water vapor, and clouds by measuring microwave frequencies, providing insight into storm formation and intensification.
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Orion Project SPLASH BTA Water Impact POT Boiler Plate Test Article (BTA) (SPLASH) Structural Passive Landing Attenuation for Survivability of Human Crew. (POT) Phase "0" Test Water Impact Test #3
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Usa, Porto Rico, Arecibo observatory
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Aerial photo PSA, Plataforma Solar de Almeria, center for the research of solar energy by the DLR, German Aerospace Center, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain
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Aerials of NASA Langley Research Center west area
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Cadarache fusion reactor, aerial photograph, France, Europe