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Questions about the techniques and practice of observing the night sky.

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Are there any gaps in the range of gravitational wave frequencies we can detect?

We have LIGO and other earth-based interferometers for detecting high-frequency gravitational waves, we're going to have satellites in orbit around the sun for low-frequency waves, and we have a pulsa …
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How big would a telescope have to be to get a good look at the nearest neutron star?

It's my understanding of observational astronomy that the size of a telescope limits its effective angular resolution, which is why scientists needed to use radio telescopes all over the globe to look …
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In terms of results, how similar is a bunch of telescopes across the globe to an Earth-sized...

The Event Horizon Telescope emulates an Earth-sized telescope by syncing a bunch of radio telescopes across the planet to do take pictures with a small enough angular resolution to take pictures of a …
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