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A Magnetar Just Woke Up After Three Years of Silence

9 Apr , 2018 by Matt Williams

A new study by a team of over 200 international scientists has revealed how a magnetar – a special class of neutron star – has awakened after three years of being dormant.

The FUGIN project used the 45 meter Nobeyama radio telescope in Japan to produce the most detailed radio wave map yet of the Milky Way. Image: NAOJ/NASA/JPL-Caltech

The Most Detailed Map Ever Made of the Milky Way in Radio Waves

29 Jan , 2018 by Evan Gough

A new radio wave map of the Milky Way Galaxy is our most detailed yet and will be the basis for further study of the Milky Way for years to come.

Breakthrough Listen is Going to Scan ‘Oumuamua, You Know, Just to be Sure it’s Just an Asteroid and Not a Spaceship.

11 Dec , 2017 by Matt Williams

Using the Greenbank Radio Telescope, Breakthrough Listen plans to “listen” to ‘Oumuamua to see if there are any signs of alien transmissions.

Australia To Create Its Own Space Agency

25 Sep , 2017 by Nancy Atkinson

This year’s International Astronautical Congress is being held in Adelaide, Australia and the opening ceremonies of this meeting of ‘all things space’ included a special announcement. The Australian government announced that it will establish a new national space agency, with the hopes of growing Australia’s already vibrant space industry. Michaelia Cash, Australian’s acting Minister of […]

New Study Says a Fast Radio Burst Happens Every Second in the Universe

21 Sep , 2017 by Matt Williams

A new study by a team of researchers from the CfA argues that a Fast Radio Burst happens with every passing second in the observable Universe

Breakthrough Detects Repeating Fast Radio Bursts Coming from Distant Galaxy

30 Aug , 2017 by Matt Williams

Using the Green Bank Telescope, researchers with Breakthrough Listen recently detected repeating fast radio bursts coming from a distant galaxy.

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 […]

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