Passing the alcohol test: Fundamental properties of molecules have not changed during the past seven billion years

The mass ratio of protons and electrons is deemed to be a universal constant. And rightly so, as the latest radio-astronomy observations of a distant galaxy have shown Continue reading

Earth is not enough: First fringes between effelsberg and RadioAstron using the DiFX correlator

a): VLBI computing cluster at Max-Planck-Institut fr Radioastronomie, Bonn; b): Active galactic nucleus BL Lac – detection of interferometric signals (“fringes”) between RadioAstron and the Effelsberg 100m radio telescope (PDF file). Credit: MPIfR/W. Alef (Fig. Continue reading