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The Sun Probably Lost a Binary Twin Billions of Years Ago

14 Jun , 2017 by

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

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
Illustration of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF

Black Hole Imaged For First Time By Event Horizon Telescope

15 Apr , 2017 by

Thanks to an international effort and multiple radio telescopes, astronomers have visualized an event horizon for the first time.

Are Fast Radio Bursts Evidence Of Alien Activity?

9 Mar , 2017 by

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

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

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

4 Jan , 2017 by

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 […]

The Closest Supernova Since 1604 Is Hissing At Us

3 Aug , 2016 by

By examining faint radio emissions from a local supernova remnant, astronomers are learning more about how stars behave before they explode

The Dutch Are Going To The Moon With The Chinese

1 Jul , 2016 by

As part of China’s Chang’e-4 lunar mission. a new radio antenna being developed in the Netherlands will be deployed to the far side of the Moon in 2018
A supermassive black hole has been found in an unusual spot: an isolated region of space where only small, dim galaxies reside. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Supermassive Black Holes In Distant Galaxies Are Mysteriously Aligned

20 Apr , 2016 by

Recent findings from a team of researchers in South Africa have shown that supermassive black holes in distance are all spinning in the same direction

Fast Radio Bursts On Repeat – Aliens, Or A Rotating Neutron Star?

3 Mar , 2016 by

A team of scientists from CSIRO and McGill have achieved an first by being able to pinpoint the source of fast radio bursts, which have left the astronomical community baffled

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