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Strange Radio Signals Detected from a Nearby Star

18 Jul , 2017 by Matt Williams

A recent survey conducted by the Arecibo Observatory detected a strange radio signal coming from Ross 128, a star system just 11 light-year from Earth.

The Sun Probably Lost a Binary Twin Billions of Years Ago

14 Jun , 2017 by Matt Williams

According to a new study by a research team from UC Berkeley and Harvard, our Sun may have had a binary twin that it lost billions of years ago.

The WOW Signal Probably Didn’t Come from Aliens, or Comets as You Recently Heard

13 Jun , 2017 by Matt Williams

A new study has indicated that the famous Wow! signal may have been caused by a comet, though not all are convinced with its findings

Extraterrestrial Origin Of Fast Radio Burst Phenomenon Confirmed

4 Apr , 2017 by Nancy Atkinson

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have puzzled astronomers since they were first detected in 2007. These mysterious milliseconds-long blasts of radio waves appear to be coming from long distances, and have been attributed to various things such as alien signals or extraterrestrial propulsion systems, and more ‘mundane’ objects such as extragalactic neutron stars. Some scientists even […]

Are Fast Radio Bursts Evidence Of Alien Activity?

9 Mar , 2017 by Evan Gough

Could Fast Radio Bursts from distant sources be artifacts of an alien propulsion system?

Get Ready for the First Pictures of a Black Hole’s Event Horizon

22 Feb , 2017 by Evan Gough

The Event Horizon Telescope should give us our first picture of a Black Hole in the beginning of 2018.

Video of Green Comet 45P Puts You Close To The Action

15 Feb , 2017 by Bob King

Watch Comet 45P pirouette end over end in this detailed radar view of the comet’s nucleus.

Meet Asteroid 2017 BQ6 — A Giant, Spinning Brick

12 Feb , 2017 by Bob King

New asteroid 2017 BQ6 was all elbows when it flew by Earth just a few days ago. Images reveal it as one of the most “angular” near-Earth asteroids known.

Source of Mysterious ‘Fast’ Radio Signals Pinpointed, But What Is It?

4 Jan , 2017 by Nancy Atkinson

For about 10 years, radio astronomers have been detecting mysterious milliseconds-long blasts of radio waves, called “fast radio bursts” (FRB). While only 18 of these events have been detected so far, one FRB has been particularly intriguing as the signal has been sporadically repeating. First detected in November 2012, astronomers didn’t know if FRB 121102 […]

Somebody Get This Supermassive Black Hole A Towel

3 Nov , 2016 by Evan Gough

Two galaxies collide, and one super-massive black hole is stripped almost naked of stars.

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