Radio Astronomy
How Interferometry Works, and Why it’s so Powerful for Astronomy
When astronomers talk about an optical telescope, they often mention the size of its mirror. That's because the larger your…
A Rare Fast Radio Burst has been Found that Actually Repeats Every 16 Days
A team of scientists in Canada have found a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) that repeats every 16 days. This is…
Astronomers See Space Twist Around A White Dwarf 12,000 Light Years Away
The theory of general relativity is packed with strange predictions about how space and time are affected by massive bodies.…
China’s 500-Meter FAST Radio Telescope is Now Operational
The world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope is officially open for business according to Xinhua, China's official state-run media.…
This is the Milky Way’s Magnetic Field
The Milky Way galaxy has its own magnetic field. It's extremely weak compared to Earth's; thousands of times weaker, in…
There’s Now an Operational Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon
The Chang'e-4 satellite (Queqiao) recently deployed the NCLE radio observatory, a joint Netherlands-Chinese experiment that will probe the early Universe.
Astronomers Are About to Detect the Light from the Very First Stars in the Universe
A team of scientists working with the Murchison Widefield Array (WMA) radio telescope are trying to find the signal from…
Dead Planets Around White Dwarfs Could Emit Radio Waves We Can Detect, Sending Out Signals for Billions of Years
A new study by a pair of astronomers has shown that planets orbiting white dwarfs will still be emitting radio…
A Fast Radio Burst has Finally Been Traced Back to its Source: the Outskirts of a Galaxy 4 Billion Light-Years Away
An Australian-led research effort has managed to pinpoint the location of the first non-repeating Fast Radio Burst, which could have…
A Supercomputer has been Designed to run the World’s Largest Radio Telescope
The Science Data Processor consortium for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) just completed the design work on the supercomputer that…