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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10436

24 August 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 12
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/research
High resolution images for astronomers

Brussels, 23/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 23 August, the European Commission announced a ground-breaking technique to produce real-time, high-resolution images of distant galaxies using fibre optics networks. It has been part-funded by the EU and enables radio telescopes around the world to simultaneously observe the most remote objects in the universe. The technique, called Electronic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (e-VLBI), helps to reveal clues on how galaxies are formed by...