Astronomers Discover a “Universal” Trigger for Black Hole Jets
Artist’s impression of a black hole surrounded by glowing stellar debris, with material heating up as it spirals…
Comprehensive planetary search detected an unexplained radio signal from K2-155, 238 light-years away
A new analysis of FAST observations from 33 planetary systems identified an unexplained narrowband signal toward K2-155.Polarization differences…
South Africa’s MeerKAT array detects the first radio signal directly from an exoplanet
Astronomers report the first radio emission directly localized to a confirmed exoplanet, the young giant Beta Pictoris b,…
After years of silence, a pulsar suddenly changes its spin three times
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing a neutron star and planets. After studying a young pulsar…
ALMA Telescope Finds SETI Has Searched 21 Times More Stars Than Anyone Knew
For six decades, SETI researchers have been pointing their radio telescopes at a narrow slice of the electromagnetic…
Radio observations reveal once hidden structures around the Orion Nebula
Orion is about as familiar as a patch of sky gets. Visible without a telescope, studied by nearly…
New gravitational-wave measurement brings astronomers closer to resolving the Hubble tension
For more than a decade, astronomers have been divided over a deceptively simple question: how fast is the…
Scientists Spent 13 Years Bouncing Radar Off Europa. Here’s What They Found
It’s a good time to be a Europa fan—scientists keep announcing new insights into the distant, icy world.…
Astronomers Detect a Close Pair of Supermassive Black Holes for the First Time
The artistic rendering shows the center of the galaxy Markarian 501, from which two powerful jets emanate. The…
The Haystack 37m Telescope: A new era of astrophysical research | MIT News
The Haystack 37m Telescope has been a landmark in radio astronomy and radar studies of the solar system since…
From searching for stars to finding Wi-Fi: The failed radar experiment that changed the world
Back in the late 1970s, a group of radio astronomers from Australia embarked on theoretical research. They aimed…
‘Dancing jets’ from black hole reveal their immense power
The jets do not move in a straight, obedient line. Around Cygnus X-1, a black hole and a…