Virginia Tech radio telescope will search sky for astronomical explosions
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2005-09-20
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Virginia Tech. University Relations
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Virginia Tech has received a $273,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to search for low-frequency radio pulses associated with gamma ray bursts, neutron stars and black holes. The grant will fund construction of a radio telescope at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI), located in a mountainous, radio-quiet area southwest of Asheville, N.C.