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A Radio Telescope Captured the Noise Humanity Leaks Into Space
Inverse· 22 hours agoA radio telescope on its way to the Moon captured a “selfie” of our planet’s radio waves, updating a...
What's causing a weird, repeating signal from space? Astronomers are stumped.
Astronomy Magazine· 4 days agoWhen astronomers turn our radio telescopes out towards space, we sometimes detect sporadic bursts of...
Polarized light yields fresh insight into mysterious fast radio bursts
Ars Technica· 2 hours agoAstronomers have been puzzling over the origins of mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) since the...
Scientists find slowest spinning 'radio neutron star' — it breaks all the dead-star rules
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNeutron stars grow old gracefully Neutron stars like ASKAP J1935+2148 are born when massive stars...
Scientists investigate strange cosmic signal with unusual repeating pattern
TechSpot· 1 day agoNot only does it repeat every hour, but it also cycles through three different states. The ASKAP radio telescope in Australia detected the ASKAP J1935+2148 ...
What Was The Wow! Signal And Why Is It So Famous?
IFLScience· 4 days agoWhen astronomer Jerry Ehman noticed something unusual in the printout from Ohio State University’s radio telescope, his response became the most famous ...
Mysterious Origins: Polarized Light Transforms Our Understanding of Fast Radio Bursts
SciTechDaily· 4 hours agoA study analyzing the properties of polarized light from 128 non-repeating FRBs reveals mysterious...
Unexplainable radio signal has astronomers scratching their heads
BGR· 5 days agoSpace is full of strange signals, but one unexplainable radio signal has astronomers especially...
“Extraordinary” Slow-Spinning Neutron Star Shakes Astrophysics
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoAustralian scientists from the University of Sydney and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO,...
Radio telescope finds another mystery long-repeat source
Ars Technica· 6 days agoThis is a pretty big tangent, but the name "ASKAPJ193505.1+214841.0" made me think that this is a good time to explain why astronomical objects can have such weird names. The most famous catalog ...