<p>Here are some examples that you can read about within Astronomy SE and Space SE:</p>
<h3><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-domain_astronomy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Time Domain Astronomy</a> (link)</h3>
<p>e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-Frequency_Array_(LOFAR)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LOFAR</a> and (as it turns out) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Hydrogen_Intensity_Mapping_Experiment" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CHIME</a>. Think better <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_radio_burst" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FRB</a> detection gravitational lensing effects on pulsar timing (needs several questions of its own)</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/36862/7982">Why did it take five years to &quot;figure out&quot; how to use astrometric calibration sources to deblur LOFAR images?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/33574/7982">Open dataset from antenna array</a></li>
</ul>
<p>and</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/29129/7982">How tightly clustered are the CHIME-detected FRB repeats?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/29167/7982">What are the challenges for the building and data analysis of the CHIME telescope?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/28615/7982">How does Canada&#39;s radiotelescope CHIME manage polarization-dependent apodization of the fast f/0.25 optics?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/39948/7982">What will succeed the Arecibo Observatory?</a></li>
</ul>
<p>also</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/34532/7982">What exactly is interplanetary scintillation; what was the Interplanetary Scintillation Array looking for? Did it successfully observe any?</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Space based, and Satellite VLBI</h3>
<ul>
<li>Far Side of the Moon stuff, e.g. Chang'e 4: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_4#Relay_satellite" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The NCLE on the orbiter and the LFS on the lander work in synergy performing low-frequency (0.1–80 MHz) radio astronomical observations.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/34412/7982">What can be learned from low frequency radio astronomy available outside of Earth&#39;s ionosphere?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/35642/12102">Has VLBI been done using any space-based receivers besides Spektr-R?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/46490/12102">What's the status and timeline for Millimetron? (Russia's 10m Deployable Antenna cooled to 6 K Earth-Space VLBI)</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/33564/12102">What are Spectr-R's major contributions to radio astronomy that could not have been done from Earth?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/35641/12102">How is Spektr-R doing these days?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/35642/12102">Has VLBI been done using any space-based receivers besides Spektr-R?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/32911/12102">What kind of ground-based radio astronomy is NASA's DSN used for? Who are the PIs?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/31768/12102">Are images of exoplanets' surfaces technically possible?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/26751/12102">Could a radio telescope orbit Earth-Moon L2 so that it is in the Moon's radio shadow?</a></li>
<li>Rotating liquid mirror on the Moon: <a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/a/41027/7982">this answer</a> to <em>Why can't we build a huge stationary optical telescope inside a depression similar to the FAST?</em></li>
</ul>
<h3>Fancy, complicated focal plane arrays and techniques</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/32014/7982">How would a Fast Fourier Transform Telescope work without a mirror, dish or lenses?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/21121/7982">How do ASKAP&#39;s focal plane phased array feeds interact with the entire array phasing?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/16237/7982">What is the highest granularity focal-plane array on a dish radio telescope? Or is this the ONLY ONE?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/13930/7982">Would Adaptive Optics be Useful in Radio Astronomy?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/35590/7982">Has radio astronomy ever been done on objects that appear very close to the Moon? Is this avoided?</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_astronomy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Radar Astronomy</a> (link)</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/41198/7982">What are recent discoveries with Earth-based radar telescopes?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/39948/7982">What will succeed the Arecibo Observatory?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/30256/7982">What causes &quot;North-South ambiguity&quot; when doppler radar imaging a planet surface equator on?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/22493/12102">https://space.stackexchange.com/q/22493/12102</a></li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/22480/7982">What is the physical geometry of this apparent &quot;eclipse&quot; of a tiny moon of Asteroid Florence?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/37752/12102">Farthest distance to a solar system object that's been measured by radar?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/33023/7982">How did Arecibo detect methane lakes on Titan, and image Saturn's rings?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/33060/7982">Why is Saturn invisible in this radar image of its rings?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/20582/12102">Why was the 100m Green Bank dish needed together with DSN's 70m Goldstone dish to detect Chandrayaan-1 in lunar orbit?</a> (Space SE, not exactly Astronomy but pretty cool from an instrumentation and signals point of view)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/30747/12102">Why are Titan's lakes “black” in radar images rather than transparent?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/21158/12102">Is delay-doppler radar imaging of NEO asteroids possible only if it spins fast enough?</a> (Space SE)</li>
<li><a href="https://space.stackexchange.com/q/36359/12102">Separating fact from fiction, how to get from this radar image to this GIF?</a> (Space SE)</li>
</ul>

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<p>Background and Question: I'm an undergraduate student interested on Radio Astronomy. I consider myself enthusiastic about it and I project myself following this &quot;path&quot; so I'd like, apologizing myself if this is a naive question, to ask you, more experienced astronomers, <strong>what are the current topics being part of research in Radio Astronomy</strong>.</p>
<p>My thoughts:</p>
<ul>
<li>I know Cosmology and CMB Measurements are something that will keep its route for a long time as huge projects continue being developed.</li>
<li>Also I'd say Radio-loud Galaxies are something that Radio Astronomers are putting lots of work into.</li>
<li>Interferometric techniques, data reduction algorithms and image synthesis.</li>
<li>Astro-Chemistry and the study of spectral lines using data cubes such as provided by ALMA.</li>
</ul>
<p>More questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Am I wrong with any of the topics listed? What else is being done now?</li>
<li>How do you see this in the next 5 - 10 - 20 years ?</li>
<li>Considering I want to work on my thesis project this year, what would you recommend (or to other undergrad. students) ? What would be a &quot;good route&quot; to follow after graduating? (my grades to this date are at ~ 80%).</li>
</ul>

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[My question on the relevance of different radio bands](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/43508/37191) is somewhat related. I see a lot of potential in citizen science (also for radioastronomy), e.g. actively engaging laypersons to contribute to (radio) astronomy. I am saying this not only because of my appreciation for [SETI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_for_extraterrestrial_intelligence), but also in general. In metereology, the massive increase of weather stations operated by private persons helped improving high-resolution weather models.
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Current topics on Radio Astronomy and looking for advice
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# Current topics on Radio Astronomy and looking for advice

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-03)

Background and Question: I'm an undergraduate student interested on Radio Astronomy. I consider myself enthusiastic about it and I project myself following this "path" so I'd like, apologizing myself if this is a naive question, to ask you, more experienced astronomers, **what are the current topics being part of research in Radio Astronomy**.

My thoughts:

* I know Cosmology and CMB Measurements are something that will keep its route for a long time as huge projects continue being developed.
* Also I'd say Radio-loud Galaxies are something that Radio Astronomers are putting lots of work into.
* Interferometric techniques, data reduction algorithms and image synthesis.
* Astro-Chemistry and the study of spectral lines using data cubes such as provided by ALMA.

More questions:

* Am I wrong with any of the topics listed? What else is being done now?
* How do you see this in the next 5 - 10 - 20 years ?
* Considering I want to work on my thesis project this year, what would you recommend (or to other undergrad. students) ? What would be a "good route" to follow after graduating? (my grades to this date are at ~ 80%).

**Tags:** radio-astronomy, radio-telescope, radio

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: radio emissions from other solar system planets, especially Jupiter  
> **username_2**: [My question on the relevance of different radio bands](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/43508/37191) is somewhat related. I see a lot of potential in citizen science (also for radioastronomy), e.g. actively engaging laypersons to contribute to (radio) astronomy. I am saying this not only because of my appreciation for [SETI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_for_extraterrestrial_intelligence), but also in general. In metereology, the massive increase of weather stations operated by private persons helped improving high-resolution weather models.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-02-04. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Here are some examples that you can read about within Astronomy SE and Space SE:

### [Time Domain Astronomy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-domain_astronomy) (link)

e.g. [LOFAR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-Frequency_Array_(LOFAR)) and (as it turns out) [CHIME](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Hydrogen_Intensity_Mapping_Experiment). Think better [FRB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_radio_burst) detection gravitational lensing effects on pulsar timing (needs several questions of its own)

* [Why did it take five years to "figure out" how to use astrometric calibration sources to deblur LOFAR images?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/36862/7982)
* [Open dataset from antenna array](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/33574/7982)

and

* [How tightly clustered are the CHIME-detected FRB repeats?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/29129/7982)
* [What are the challenges for the building and data analysis of the CHIME telescope?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/29167/7982)
* [How does Canada's radiotelescope CHIME manage polarization-dependent apodization of the fast f/0.25 optics?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/28615/7982)
* [What will succeed the Arecibo Observatory?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/39948/7982)

also

* [What exactly is interplanetary scintillation; what was the Interplanetary Scintillation Array looking for? Did it successfully observe any?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/34532/7982)

### Space based, and Satellite VLBI

* Far Side of the Moon stuff, e.g. Chang'e 4: [The NCLE on the orbiter and the LFS on the lander work in synergy performing low-frequency (0.1–80 MHz) radio astronomical observations.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_4#Relay_satellite)
* [What can be learned from low frequency radio astronomy available outside of Earth's ionosphere?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/34412/7982)
* [Has VLBI been done using any space-based receivers besides Spektr-R?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/35642/12102) (Space SE)
* [What's the status and timeline for Millimetron? (Russia's 10m Deployable Antenna cooled to 6 K Earth-Space VLBI)](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/46490/12102) (Space SE)
* [What are Spectr-R's major contributions to radio astronomy that could not have been done from Earth?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/33564/12102) (Space SE)
* [How is Spektr-R doing these days?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/35641/12102) (Space SE)
* [Has VLBI been done using any space-based receivers besides Spektr-R?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/35642/12102) (Space SE)
* [What kind of ground-based radio astronomy is NASA's DSN used for? Who are the PIs?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/32911/12102) (Space SE)
* [Are images of exoplanets' surfaces technically possible?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/31768/12102) (Space SE)
* [Could a radio telescope orbit Earth-Moon L2 so that it is in the Moon's radio shadow?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/26751/12102)
* Rotating liquid mirror on the Moon: [this answer](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/a/41027/7982) to *Why can't we build a huge stationary optical telescope inside a depression similar to the FAST?*

### Fancy, complicated focal plane arrays and techniques

* [How would a Fast Fourier Transform Telescope work without a mirror, dish or lenses?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/32014/7982)
* [How do ASKAP's focal plane phased array feeds interact with the entire array phasing?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/21121/7982)
* [What is the highest granularity focal-plane array on a dish radio telescope? Or is this the ONLY ONE?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/16237/7982)
* [Would Adaptive Optics be Useful in Radio Astronomy?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/13930/7982)
* [Has radio astronomy ever been done on objects that appear very close to the Moon? Is this avoided?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/35590/7982)

### [Radar Astronomy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_astronomy) (link)

* [What are recent discoveries with Earth-based radar telescopes?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/41198/7982)
* [What will succeed the Arecibo Observatory?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/39948/7982)
* [What causes "North-South ambiguity" when doppler radar imaging a planet surface equator on?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/30256/7982)
* <https://space.stackexchange.com/q/22493/12102>
* [What is the physical geometry of this apparent "eclipse" of a tiny moon of Asteroid Florence?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/22480/7982)
* [Farthest distance to a solar system object that's been measured by radar?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/37752/12102) (Space SE)
* [How did Arecibo detect methane lakes on Titan, and image Saturn's rings?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/33023/7982) (Space SE)
* [Why is Saturn invisible in this radar image of its rings?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/33060/7982) (Space SE)
* [Why was the 100m Green Bank dish needed together with DSN's 70m Goldstone dish to detect Chandrayaan-1 in lunar orbit?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/20582/12102) (Space SE, not exactly Astronomy but pretty cool from an instrumentation and signals point of view)
* [Why are Titan's lakes “black” in radar images rather than transparent?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/30747/12102) (Space SE)
* [Is delay-doppler radar imaging of NEO asteroids possible only if it spins fast enough?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/21158/12102) (Space SE)
* [Separating fact from fiction, how to get from this radar image to this GIF?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/36359/12102) (Space SE)


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