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uGMRT reveals for the first time the patchy environment of a rare cosmic explosion
Scientists from the National Centre for radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR) Pune used the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) to determine that AT 2018 cow, the first of a newly discovered class of cosmic explosions, has an extremely patchy environment.
http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/ncra/outreach/press-releases/press-note-english-at2018cow.pdf
India joins the global hunt for Gravitational Waves (GW) from monster black holes
A consortium of mainly Indian researchers under the banner “Indian Pulsar Timing Array
(InPTA)”, became a full member of the “International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA)” , an
international effort to discover and study very low-frequency gravitational waves from
supermassive binary black holes orbiting each other. InPTA regularly employs the upgraded
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT), situated near Pune to monitor pulsars to obtain
high precision timing measurements. The unique frequency range of the uGMRT, 300 - 800
MHz is not covered by other big telescopes used by IPTA, therefore the inclusion of uGMRT is
crucial in improving the precision of IPTA to detect nano-hertz GWs.
GMRT accorded prestigious IEEE Milestone status
The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) has achieved yet another honour and major landmark : it has been selected as a IEEE Milestone facility. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology in all areas related to electrical and electronics engineering.
प्रतिष्ठित आयईईई माइलस्टोन म्हनूण जी एम आर टी स मान्यता
जायंट मीटरवेव्ह रेडिओ टेडिस्कोपने (जीएमआरटी) ने आणखी एक सन्मान आणी प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक कामगिरी केली आहे. आयईईई माइलस्टोन मान्यतेसाठी जीएमआरटी ची निवड करण्यात आली आहे.
Upgraded GMRT measures the atomic hydrogen mass in distant galaxies.
A team of astronomers from the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR)
in Pune, and the Raman Research Institute (RRI), in Bangalore, has used the
upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) to measure the atomic hydrogen
content of galaxies seen as they were 8 billion years ago, when the universe was
young. This is the earliest epoch in the universe for which there is a measurement of the
atomic gas content of galaxies.
Indian scientists discover long sought tiny explosions on the Sun
A group of scientists working at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Pune have
recently discovered tiny flashes of radio light from all over the Sun. They have identified the
smoking guns for these small magnetic explosions and hence the first ever evidence for their
existence in explaining the long pending coronal heating problem.
June 2020
A Team of International Scientists including from NCRA discover mildly relativistic outflow from an intriguing transient.
Scientists from the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR) were key members of an international team which succeeded in measuring unusually high speed of the ejected material, close to half the speed of light, from a rare class of explosive transient known as Fast Blue Optical Transients (FBOTs).
GMRT discovers a gigantic ring of hydrogen gas around a distant galaxy
A team of astronomers at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Pune have discovered a mysterious ring of hydrogen gas around a distant galaxy, using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). The ring is much bigger than the galaxy it surrounds, and has diameter about 4 times that of our Milky Way. - January 2020
Indian scientists make the deepest radio image of the Sun – a big step towards predicting Space Weather
April 2019
Pune astronomers lead the discovery of a new, rare type of radio sources using the GMRT
Using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR), Pune, a team largely consisting of Pune based radio astronomers has recently announced the discovery of a new, rare class of radio sources.
Discovery of the Closest Binary Supermassive Black Hole System in the Galaxy NGC 7674
- September 2017
Astronomers observe early stages of a Milky Way-like galaxy in the distant Universe
April 2017
Annual meeting of the SKA Mega-Science project in India
November 2016
Exciting new sky survey with GMRT
GMRT Discovers an Exotic Galaxy Revealing Tantalizing Tale
5 September 2011
CASPER workshop - Press conference and interview
8 October 2011
GMRT discovery of six exotic millisecond pulsars at the Fermi LAT sky positions
30 March 2012
Chameleon pulsar baffles astronomers
January 2013
Discovery of Relic Lobes using GMRT
February 2013
Upgrading the GMRT: Towards a deeper look at the Universe
September 2013
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