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If We Receive a Message From Aliens, Should We Delete it Without Reading it?

12 Feb , 2018 by Matt Williams

A new study considers how messages from extra-terrestrial civilizations could pose an existential threat, and what humanity should do about it.

ETI, Featured, interstellar messages, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Radio Astronomy, SETI
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

Astronomy, milky way, Radio Astronomy

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.

Astronomy, Featured, images, milky way, NAOJ, nobeyama telescope, Radio Astronomy

Astronomy

Astronomers Start Mapping the Structure of the Far Side of the Milky Way

27 Oct , 2017 by Matt Williams

Thanks to a new study by an international team of astronomers, we now have the tools we need to map the far side of our galaxy.

Bar and Spiral Structure Legacy, Featured, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, milky way galaxy, Radio Astronomy, star-forming region, VLBA

Astronomy, Cosmology, Radio Astronomy

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

CfA, Dark Ages, fast radio bursts (FRBs), Featured, FRB, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Neutron Stars, Radio Astronomy, Reionization of the Universe

Astronomy, Radio Astronomy, SETI

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.

arecibo observatory, ESO, Featured, Pale Red Dot campaign, Radio Astronomy, radio signal, Red Dots, Red Dwarf Stars, SETI

Astronomy, Radio Astronomy, Star Formation

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.

binary star systems, CfA, Featured, Perseus constellation, Perseus molecular cloud, Radio Astronomy, triple star, UC Berkeley, VANDAM, Very Large Array

Astronomy, News, Radio Astronomy

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

Big Ear Radio Observatory, Comets, ETI, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Featured, Radio Astronomy, SETI, Wow signal
Illustration of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF

Astronomy, Black Holes, News

Black Hole Imaged For First Time By Event Horizon Telescope

15 Apr , 2017 by Matt Williams

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

black hole, event horizon, Event Horizon Telescope, Featured, Radio Astronomy, radio telescope

Astronomy, News, Radio Astronomy, Science, Space Flight

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?

alien civilizations, alien signals, aliens, Fast radio bursts, fast radio bursts (FRBs), Featured, laser propulsion, Radio Astronomy

Black Holes, News, Radio Astronomy, Science

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.

Black Holes, Event Horizon Telescope, Featured, Radio Astronomy, Sagittarius A*
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