正像夏威夷莫纳克亚山上的凯特望远镜和其他大型设备使光学天文学引发了一场革命一样,美国最新研制的甚长基线阵和格林班克望远镜也为射电天文的观测展现了更为广阔的前景。由10面抛物面天线构成的甚长基线阵将使射电天文学家以空前的分辨率观测星系和类星体的核心,被称为格林班克望远镜的单抛物面天线的大“耳朵”,会让射电天文学家倾听到其他射电望远镜接收不到的射电源。 Just as Kate Telescope on the Mauna Keala, Hawaii, and other large devices have led to a revolution in optical astronomy, the newly developed very long baseline array in the United States and the Greenbank telescope also provide a much broader view of radio astronomy prospect. The very long baseline array of 10 parabolic antennas will allow radio astronomers to observe the galaxy and quasar's core at unprecedented resolution, the large “ear” of a single parabolic antenna called the Greenbank telescope, which will allow radio astronomy The family listened to radio sources not received by other radio telescopes.