Sir Francis Graham-Smith obituary

Pioneering radio astronomer whose work locating celestial objects led to a greater understanding of the universeSir Francis Graham-Smith, who has died aged 102, was the last of the generation that created modern radio astronomy, the branch of astronomy that studies the universe with radio waves, in the 1940s and 50s. His PhD thesis, on the first Cambridge radio survey, carried out between 1948 and 1950, with reasonably accurate positions for the brightest sources, paved the way to demonstrating that the majority of celestial radio sources are distant galaxies with massive black holes in their nuclei.Following the discovery of pulsars, pulsating radio sources associated with rapidly rotating neutron stars, in 1967 by Antony Hewish, Jocelyn Bell and others, Graham-Smith used the Jodrell Bank Mark I telescope to study pulsars in detail. He and Andrew Lyne wrote the definitive book on the subject, Pulsar Astronomy (1990). Continue reading...

Comments

Tech news

The Verge

Comments

Tech news

Google leaks its full Pixel 10 lineup

Elon Musk’s Tesla posts steepest sales decline in over a decade as EV demand slumps

2 Reasons Why You Don’t Need To ‘Fix’ Your Libido, By A Psychologist

Hardware Acceleration Drives The Future

Apple iOS 18.6 Release Date: When Will The Next Major iPhone Update Go Live?

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram And Answers For Thursday, July 24th

Amazon&#8217;s Fire TV Omni QLED Series is back down to its Prime Day low

Google’s CEO says ‘AI is positively impacting every part of the business’

Woman unearths massive tooth from terrifying prehistoric creature on US beach

Alphabet Earnings Show 14% Revenue Increase as Google Faces A.I. Competition

Three Books to Understand Our Ravaged Climate

Tesla’s earnings hit a new low, with largest revenue drop in years

Street Lamps Aren’t The Main Source Of Light Pollution In Cities

What Trump’s AI Action Plan Means For U.S. Tech Leadership

Pharma Companies Pour Billions Into US Manufacturing To Avoid Tariffs

America’s Total Solar Eclipse Changed Lives — These New Films Show How

How Trump&#8217;s war on clean energy is making AI a bigger polluter

Meta launches new teen safety features, removes 635,000 accounts that sexualize children

Air Force makes shock admission over mystery UFOs swarming site tied to Roswell crash

Can you tell an AI influencer from a real one? The Post polled Times Square visitors — and the results were not great

Starlink-powered &#8216;T-Satellite&#8217; service is now live on T-Mobile

Trump is bringing back the AI law moratorium

The best foldable phone you can buy

Instagram changes its algorithm after being accused of steering predators to children

Trump unveils his plan to put AI in everything

Everyone with a Gmail account issued 'red alert' over new AI scam

Amazon's 'time saver' robot vacuum with hailed a 'game changer' and now 63% off

'A new era:' World court issues landmark ruling in biggest ever climate court case

Men really are 'punching' on dating apps! Blokes pursue women who are more attractive than themselves, study confirms

Hurricane trackers warn 12m of new storm threat as experts fear 'worst flash flood year ever'

The best Xbox controller to buy right now

Instagram blocks 135K accounts for preying on kids, adds safety features

Tips to help your teen navigate AI chatbots — and what to watch out for: experts

InnovationRx: Sarepta Blinks In Showdown With FDA

Meet The Fashion Executives Who Left The Boardroom To Chase The Sustainability Rainbow

Netflix Says ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Just Made History With A New Record

Are We Witnessing The Birth Of Machine Psychology?

Xbox Backtracks On $80 Games Like ‘Outer Worlds,’ Is ‘Black Ops 7’ Next?

‘Fantastic Four’ Just Hit A Very Funny Rotten Tomatoes Milestone

Wheel World is the feel-good game of the summer

Google is bringing its AI-powered photo-to-video capability to more apps

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold might make blue the new black

Faster Qi2 charging is coming to iPhones and &#8216;major&#8217; Android phones

The Outer Worlds 2 will no longer be Microsoft&#8217;s first $80 Xbox game

The Switch 2 had a very good launch month

Experts issue urgent warning over popular 'once-a-day' sunscreens

VSCO made a new way to shoot photos on your iPhone

We could get ‘proof of aliens by Christmas’ after ‘interstellar visitor’ flies past us

Microsoft says China-backed cybercriminals hacked into US nuclear weapons agency

Amazon warns all 220 million Prime members of scammer attacks

Microsoft Ties SharePoint Exploits To China-Backed ToolShell Group

3 Signs You’re An ‘Overgiver’ In Your Relationship, By A Psychologist

Maingear Retro95 Review: Welcome, You’ve Got Mail (From New Jersey)

How Water Companies And Architects Can Lead The Way On Sponge Cities

‘Destiny 2’ Just Secretly Fixed A Big ‘Edge Of Fate’ Problem

‘Quordle’ Hints And Answers For Thursday, July 24

NYT Connections Today: Thursday, July 24 Hints And Answers (#774)

NSF Announces Candidates For Tech-Based Economic Development Funding

Sonos Confirms Tom Conrad As Its New And Permanent Chief Executive Officer

Netflix Just Renewed ‘Wednesday’ For Season 3 Ahead Of Season 2 Release

Amazon’s Fire TV Omni QLED Series is back down to its Prime Day low

How Trump’s war on clean energy is making AI a bigger polluter

Starlink-powered ‘T-Satellite’ service is now live on T-Mobile

Faster Qi2 charging is coming to iPhones and ‘major’ Android phones

The Outer Worlds 2 will no longer be Microsoft’s first $80 Xbox game