New images reveal an asteroid with an unexpected companion on Earth
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Astronomers come closer to solving the long-standing mystery of fast radio bursts
A fast radio burst in the sky above Earth. | Credit: NRAO/T Outreach. Jarrett (IPAC/Caltech); B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are intense, short-lived …
It’s the slowest ‘radio neutron star’ scientists have found – it defies the dead-star rules
Astronomers have discovered the slowest pulsating radio-burst neutron star ever seen; it takes almost an hour to make a full rotation. That may sound pretty …
Astronomers call for radio silence on the far side of the moon
There is a growing and passionate demand to preserve radio silence on the far side of the moon. A first-of-its-kind international symposium is being held …
The mathematically perfect exoplanet system – a perfect place to search for alien technology
Late last year, astronomers he discovered an interesting star system only 100 light year away from us. Six sub-Neptune planets circle very close to their …
The mystery of giant ‘Cosmic ORCs’ — odd radio circles that encompass entire galaxies — may be solved
Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of cosmic ORCs, or “odd radio rings” as they are officially called, which are so large that they …
Astronomers offer an explosive origin theory for giant irregular radio circles in space
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Exploding stars could create giant ‘strange radio rings’ in space, scientists say
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Can stars form around black holes?
In the 1930s, when the physicist and engineer Karl Jansky pointed his radio antenna towards the center of our galaxy, he detected a continuous source …