Radio Astronomy

The Sun Probably Lost a Binary Twin Billions of Years Ago

According to a new study by a research team from UC Berkeley and Harvard, our Sun may have had a…

7 years ago

The WOW Signal Probably Didn’t Come from Aliens, or Comets as You Recently Heard

A new study has indicated that the famous Wow! signal may have been caused by a comet, though not all…

7 years ago

Black Hole Imaged For First Time By Event Horizon Telescope

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

7 years ago

Are Fast Radio Bursts Evidence Of Alien Activity?

Could Fast Radio Bursts from distant sources be artifacts of an alien propulsion system?

7 years ago

Get Ready for the First Pictures of a Black Hole’s Event Horizon

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

7 years ago

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

For about 10 years, radio astronomers have been detecting mysterious milliseconds-long blasts of radio waves, called “fast radio bursts” (FRB).…

7 years ago

The Closest Supernova Since 1604 Is Hissing At Us

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

8 years ago

The Dutch Are Going To The Moon With The Chinese

As part of China's Chang'e-4 lunar mission. a new radio antenna being developed in the Netherlands will be deployed to…

8 years ago

Supermassive Black Holes In Distant Galaxies Are Mysteriously Aligned

Recent findings from a team of researchers in South Africa have shown that supermassive black holes in distance are all…

8 years ago

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

A team of scientists from CSIRO and McGill have achieved an first by being able to pinpoint the source of…

8 years ago