Radio Astronomy

Australian Astronomy Envy: This Video Is Like A Telescope Brochure

Performing observations in Australia is on many astronomers' bucket lists, and this video timelapse shows you precisely why. Famous, world-class…

10 years ago

Some Of Comet ISON’s Organic Materials Arose In An Unexpected Place

While Comet ISON's breakup around Thanksgiving last year disappointed many amateur observers, its flight through the inner solar system beforehand…

10 years ago

Into The Black? Maybe Radio Bursts Are From Outside The Galaxy After All, Study Says

Where are these radio bursts coming from? Astronomers have heard these signals from the sky several times, but always with…

10 years ago

An Earth-size Diamond in the Sky: The Coolest Known White Dwarf Detected

We live in a vast, dark Universe, which makes the smallest and coolest objects extremely difficult to detect, save for…

10 years ago

Awesome Radar Images Reveal Asteroid 2014 HQ124’s Split Personality

  On June 8, the 370-meter (about 1,300-ft.) asteroid 2014 HQ124 breezed by Earth at a distance of just 800,000 miles (1.3…

10 years ago

Jill Tarter Video: From Searching For Aliens To Helping Hollywood Stars, And Back Again

Imagine you're a researcher at a cocktail party. You meet Carl Sagan (Carl Sagan!) and he hands you a novel. And…

10 years ago

Adventures in (Radio) Amateur Astronomy

 Is there truly anything new under the Sun? Well, when it comes to amateur astronomy, many observers are branching out…

10 years ago

A Natural Planetary Defense Against Solar Storms

Planetary shields up: solar storms inbound… Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have identified…

10 years ago

Supernova’s Galaxy Full Of Starbursts and ‘Superwind’

Radio light, radio bright: when you look at M82 in this frequency range, a whole lot of activity pops out.…

10 years ago

“Vampire” Galaxy Sucks Star-Forming Gas from its Neighbors

What happens when a galaxy doesn't have enough hydrogen to support its stellar production process? Why, it sucks it from…

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