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The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...
Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...
A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that ...
The icy giant is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
ASKAP J0107–2347, located around 1.5 billion light-years away, is also remarkable because it features two sets of radio lobes ...
A radio telescope is a form of radio receiver used in astronomy. In contrast to an "ordinary" telescope, which receives visible light, a radio telescope "sees" radio waves emitted by radio sources ...
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is 'confident' it can work out radio frequency issues with SpaceX and other providers, but next-gen cellular satellites will likely pose a bigger obstacle.
Radio astronomy was discovered “by accident’ by Karl Jansky at Bell Labs around 1930. He was tasked with finding the source of a persistent “hiss” on HF radio circuits, ...
Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to the emergence of stars marks a critical shift known as Cosmic ...
The iconic telescope has been in a precarious state since August, when an auxiliary cable supporting the equipment platform broke and fell through the radio dish, leaving a 100-foot-long gash in ...
A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a reality by the 2030s, researchers say. The ambitious project will help ...