Guizhou becomes a global radio-astronomy site

Eclipses, meteors and other striking phenomena may be remembered through narratives that preserve observational details.

The review argues that Indigenous knowledge should be engaged respectfully in teaching rather than appended as folklore.

The 500-metre Chinese radio telescope in Guizhou took its first astronomical data.

FAST began its commissioning phase after construction in a karst depression.

The instrument’s great collecting area promised sensitivity to faint radio sources.

LIGO and Virgo detected a signal from two merging neutron stars.

The merger was also observed with electromagnetic instruments, launching a coordinated campaign.

A brief gamma-ray signal arrived shortly after the gravitational waves, linking two forms of observation.

The combined observations connected gravitational waves with light from the same distant event.

The article explains how moving plates and engraved scales model the visible sky for particular latitudes.