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Astronomers Find 25 Fast Radio Bursts That Repeat on a Regular Basis
Researchers with the CHIME/FRB Collaboration have announced the discovery of 25 new repeating FRBs, almost doubling the number of known…
New Receiver Will Boost Interplanetary Communication
As we explore the solar system, we'll need an interplanetary communication network that can keep up. A new receiver might…
A Broken Cable Smashed Part of the Arecibo Observatory
The iconic Arecibo Observatory recently suffered some damage when a support cable broke and created a large gash in the…
Complete and Total Mayhem in a Distant Galaxy Collision
A cluster of galaxies is nothing trivial. The shocks, the turbulence, the energy, as all of that matter and energy…
Astronomers Have Detected the Brightest Fast Radio Burst Ever Seen. Still No Idea What’s Causing Them
Earlier this month, scientists using the Parkes Radio Telescope detected three FRBs, one of which was the brightest ever observed
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.
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…
One of the Milky Way’s Arms Might Encircle the Entire Galaxy
Given that our Solar System sits inside the Milky Way Galaxy, getting a clear picture of what it looks like…
Future Games: Astronauts Tele-Operate An Earth-Bound Rover … From Space!
Astronauts, start your rover engines. Two astronauts recently remote-controlled a rover vehicle in California from their perch on the International Space…
The Curious Channel 37 — Must-see TV For Radio Astronomy
Thanks to Channel 37, radio astronomers keep tabs on everything from the Sun to pulsars to the lonely spaces between…