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Does the Resolution of the VLA Exceed That of all Earth-Based Telescopes?

No, in fact. That honor belongs to the VLA’s cousin, the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), which can achieve…

In fact, most of the wavelengths of light that things like stars, planets, and galaxies radiate at are at…

The frequency ranges that the VLA operates at are designed so as not to overlap with most commercial transmitters. …

Yes, I believe that an amateur radio telescope can indeed detect a quasar, although I believe that the instrumentation…

You basically have the correct answer. The considerations used when setting the size of a radio telescope are: Shortest…

I am not aware of any predictions for the existence of radio wavelength emission from Worm Holes. One proposed…

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