Latest news from Long Baseline Observatory on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/vlba-measures-asteroid's-characteristics/?sc=rsin /articles/vlba-measures-asteroid's-characteristics/?sc=rsin Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:05:22 EST In an unusual observation, astronomers used the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to study the effects on radio waves coming from a distant radio galaxy when an asteroid in our Solar System passed in front of the galaxy. The observation allowed them to measure the size of the asteroid, gain new information about its shape, and greatly improve the accuracy with which its orbital path can be calculated. Long Baseline Observatory /articles/astronomers-detect-orbital-motion-in-pair-of-supermassive-black-holes/?sc=rsin /articles/astronomers-detect-orbital-motion-in-pair-of-supermassive-black-holes/?sc=rsin Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:05:24 EST Using VLBA telescope, astronomers have made the first detection of orbital motion in a pair of supermassive black holes in a galaxy some 750 million light-years from Earth. Long Baseline Observatory