Techno-Science.net on MSN21h
Radio signals from space repeat every 2 hours, stellar system identified 🔭
For a decade, a radio signal has puzzled astronomers. Every two hours, a pulse from the constellation Ursa Major travels ...
Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’
Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...
Space on MSN6d
Astronomers crack the case of a mysterious deep space radio signal that repeats every 2 hours
Astronomers have traced a starnge blast of radiowaves that repeats every 2 hours back to a dead star white dwarf magnetically ...
Nature1d
Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back
SpaceX and other companies plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites, which could mar astronomical observations and pollute the atmosphere.
EconoTimes11h
Less than 1% of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies
Part of the worlds biggest mega-science facility the SKA Observatory is being built in outback Western Australia. After decades of planning, countless hours of work, and more than a few setbacks, an ...
Mysterious radio pulses from space have been tracked down—and the source is not what astronomers expected
In the past three years, astronomers have discovered a mysterious new type of radio source. We call these long-period ...
First space image taken by the SKA-Low telescope exceeds expectations
The first photo from an international telescope being built in the WA outback takes scientists one step closer to ...
EurekAlert!7d
First radio pulses traced to dead-star binary
Astronomers detected constant stream of radio pulses emitted from across the galaxy. Team now finds the pulses are from a ...
EurekAlert!6d
Entwined dwarf stars reveal their location thanks to repeated radio bursts
A white dwarf and a red dwarf star have been discovered closely orbiting each other emitting radio pulses every two hours.
CNN4d
Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’
To solve the Milky Way mystery, de Ruiter devised a method to identify radio pulses lasting seconds to minutes within the archives of the Low-Frequency Array telescope, or LOFAR, a network of ...