This Suitcase-Sized Spacecraft Could Detect a Signal From Before Stars Existed
Artist’s impression of the CosmoCube satellite. Credit: Surrey Space Technology Ltd A suitcase-sized satellite could use the Moon’s…
Astronomers Detect a Record-Breaking “Cosmic Laser” From 8 Billion Light-Years Away
Illustration of the distant galaxy 8 billion light-years away (red), magnified by an unrelated foreground disk galaxy, resulting…
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…
In 1933, Bell Labs engineer Karl Jansky followed a faint radio hiss, and this discovery opened the door to radio astronomy |
Karl Jansky tracked radio static with a rotating antenna. Image credit – Wikimedia Simple engineering tasks often lead…
A pulsar rotating 122 times per second could be present at the heart of the Milky Way
ⓘ NidhiYashwanth – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing a pulsar. After conducting research, astronomers would have discovered a…
It’s Historic: Two Black Holes Have Just Been Photographed Together for the First Time
It’s Historic: Two Black Holes Have Just Been Photographed Together for the First Time – Futura-Sciences February 9,…
Daylight Savings Time Is So Bad, It’s Messing With Our View of the Cosmos
Tracking gravitational waves—invisible ripples in space-time from intense astronomical events—pushes the limits of what astronomers must do to…
Astronomers Discover Colossal Cosmic “Bridge” Linking Galaxies Across Space
CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope on Wajarri Yamaji Country. Credit: Alex Cherney/CSIRO Astronomers have discovered a massive bridge of…
A Black Hole Where It Shouldn’t Be? Astronomers Find Rogue Giant Just 230 Million Light-Years Away
A team of astronomers has discovered a rare “wandering” black hole inside a dwarf galaxy located about 230…