Tag Archive for 'GLEAM'

These are the 27 newly-discovered supernova remnants. The MWA radio images trace the edges of the explosions as they continue their ongoing expansion into interstellar space. Some are huge, larger than the full Moon, and others are small and hard to spot in the complexity of the Milky Way. Image credit: Natasha Hurley-Walker, ICRAR & Curtin / GLEAM Team.

Astronomers Discover 27 New Supernova Remnants in Milky Way

Nov 20, 2019 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers has detected 27 new supernova remnants using a data release of the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA survey (GLEAM)...

GLEAM view of Milky Way’s center in radio color: red indicates the lowest frequencies, green indicates the middle frequencies and blue the highest frequencies; each dot is a galaxy, with around 300,000 radio galaxies observed as part of the survey. Image credit: Natasha Hurley-Walker / GLEAM Team.

Murchison Widefield Array Views Universe in Radio Color

Oct 26, 2016 by News Staff

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), a low-frequency (80-300 MHz) radio telescope located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia,...