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May 31 2024
Dawn of Radio Astronomy with Very Long Baseline Interferometry in Thailand
First Detection of VLBI Signals across 8500 km Baseline between TNRT and Effelsberg Radio Telescopes
November 15 2023
Thai National Telescope (TNO) Makes Groundbreaking Discovery of Supernova Remnants
The National Astronomical Research Institute (Public Organization) (NARIT), under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation (MHESI), has revealed that the Thai National Telescope (TNO) with a diameter of 2.4 meters
February 28 2023
Birth of a high-mass stellar baby at the center of a disk with spiral arms revealed by radio telescopes
High-mass stars are 8 or more times more massive than the Sun. They act like atomic factories to generate many of the necessary building blocks for life in the universe and they alter the appearance and evolution of galaxies.
August 25 2022
Earth microlensing zone: the Earth is well-hidden from other civilizations
For decades, we have been searching for intelligent life beyond Earth by pointing radio receivers and telescopes into the sky. The mere existence of the Earth, a rocky planet within the habitable zone of the Sun
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