Radio Astronomy
NASA is Considering a Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon
The University of Colorado Boulder and Lunar Resources Inc. have just won NASA funding to study the possibility of building…
Almost all High-Energy Neutrinos Come From Quasars
Earth is blasted by high-energy neutrinos from the most powerful objects in the universe.
Cygnus X-1 was the First Black Hole Ever Found. New Measurements Show it's Much More Massive Than Previously Believed
New parallax measurements of Cygnus X-1 by the VLBA find it is more distant than we thought, and therefore more…
A map of 25,000 Supermassive Black Holes Across the Universe
The Low Frequency Array has mapped a portion of the sky at the lowest radio frequencies ever, revealing more than…
If Axions Explain Dark Matter, it Could be Possible to Detect Them Nearby Neutron Stars
Astronomers look for dark matter in the radio signals of neutron stars. If found it could solve two problems in…
Radio Emissions Have Been Detected from an Exoplanet
Invisible Glow Finding planets out in the Universe is pretty hard. I say this despite the fact that two planets…
Arecibo’s Damage is so Serious and Dangerous, They’re Just Going to Scrap the Observatory Entirely
In the wake of a second structural failure, the NSF has announced that the iconic Arecibo Observatory will be decommissioned…
A Second Cable has Failed at Arecibo, Causing Even More Damage to the Radio Observatory
Another main cable that supports the Arecibo Observatory broke last week, falling onto the reflector dish and causing more damage.…
Brown dwarf discovered with a radio telescope for the first time
A brown dwarf has been detected by a radio telescope, which opens a new way to discover them.
The Moon is the Perfect Spot for SETI
A recent white paper submitted to the PSA Decadal Survey 2023-2032 recommends that a lunar observatory be built that can…