Radio Astronomy
Snooping on Alien Messages Passing Through the Solar System
Researchers at Penn State University have studied a new technique that could use a star’s ability to focus and magnify…
Comprehensive Sky Survey Finds Over a Million New Objects
In perfect viewing conditions, with good eyesight and clear, dark skies, the average person can see between 2,500 and 5,000…
Astronomers Detect the Closest Fast Radio Burst Ever Seen
An international team of astronomers has detected the closest repeating Fast Radio Burst to date, which is providing new insights…
Imaging the Galaxy’s Centre in Unprecedented Detail Reveals More Mysterious Filaments
The inner 600 light years of our galaxy is a maelstrom of cosmic radiation, turbulent swirling gas clouds, intense star…
A Supercomputer Gives Better Focus to Blurry Radio Images
With better computers comes more battery imagery. Or at least that’s true most of the time. Supercomputers are extraordinarily good…
Astronomers Discover a Mysterious Star That Flashes Every 20 Minutes. But What is it?
An ultra-long period object might be a magnetar, but it could also be a type of object we've never seen.
Fast Radio Bursts can now be Tracked in Real-Time
Researchers from the University of McGill have developed a new system that will share CHIME data in real-time with observatories…
Twin Stars Prove Einstein at Least 99.99% Right
A 16-year study by an international team of astronomers has confirmed Einstein's Theory of General Relativity and witnessed some predicted…
M87’s Supermassive Black Hole is Spewing out a Spiraling jet of Material
Patterns in nature often occur in more than one place. Spirals, symmetry, and chaos all impact natural phenomena, from the…
LOFAR Sees Strange Radio Signals Hinting at Hidden Exoplanets
LOFAR sees ‘exoplanet aurorae’ near distant red dwarf suns.