Radio Astronomy
Gravitational Lens Seen for the First Time in Gamma Rays
An exciting new discovery was unveiled early this week at the 223rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society being held…
Fast Radio Bursts May Originate Closer to Home Than Previously Thought
Fast radio bursts — eruptions of extreme energy that occur only once and last a thousandth of a second —…
Home Computers Discover Gamma-Ray Pulsars
Imagine that you're innocently running your computer in pursuit of helping data crunch a huge science project. Then, out of…
Delving Into The Mystery Of Black Hole Jets
The concept of a black hole jet isn't a new one, but we still have a lot to learn about…
This Is How The World’s Largest Radio Telescope Is Divvying Up Design Work
The world's largest radio telescope will act very much like a jigsaw; every piece of it must be precisely engineered…
ALMA Peers Into Giant Black Hole Jets
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to observe what happens to a galaxy near a black hole?…
This Neutron Star Behaves Just Like The Hulk
When Bruce Banner gets angry, he gets big and green and strong and well, vengeful. The Hulk is the stuff…
New Camera Aboard APEX Gets First Light
And the "Cat's Paw" was waiting to strike! In this exceptionally detailed image of star-forming region NGC 6334 we can…
Endings and Beginnings – Magnetic Jets Shape Stellar Transformation
The incredible visual appearance of planetary nebulae are some of the most studied and observed of deep space objects. However,…
Supermassive Black Holes Keep Galaxies From Getting Bigger
It's long been a mystery for astronomers: why aren't galaxies bigger? What regulates their rates of star formation and keeps…