News tagged with radio signals

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Australia hails surprise super-telescope decision

Australia has hailed a surprise decision giving it a role in a radio telescope project aimed at revolutionising astronomy, vowing to draw on its decades of experience in space science.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

NASA lunar spacecraft GRAIL complete prime mission ahead of schedule

(Phys.org) -- A NASA mission to study the moon from crust to core has completed its prime mission earlier than expected. The team of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, with twin ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

First of NASA's GRAIL spacecraft enters Moon orbit

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first of two NASA spacecraft to study the moon in unprecedented detail has entered lunar orbit.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Record-breaking radio waves discovered from ultra-cool star

Penn State University astronomers using the world's largest radio telescope, at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have discovered flaring radio emission from an ultra-cool star, not much warmer than the planet Jupiter, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Clocking Neptune's spin

(PhysOrg.com) -- By tracking atmospheric features on Neptune, a UA planetary scientist has accurately determined the planet's rotation, a feat that had not been previously achieved for any of the gas planets ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Thunderstorms hurling antimatter into space caught by Fermi (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (23) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

EU physicists use 20 new satellites to forecast space weather

The northern lights interfere with radio communications, GPS navigation and satellite communications. Researchers are now going to launch 20 satellites containing world class instruments from the University ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

SETI may be looking in the wrong places: astronomer

(PhysOrg.com) -- A senior astronomer with the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, Dr Seth Shostak, has reported in an article published online that perhaps we should be seeking alien ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (41) | comments 123 | with audio podcast report

GPS Jamming Devices Pose Many Threats (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest GPS jamming devices are now being used by car thieves in the UK to render stolen cars and trucks undetectable by law enforcement. These devices also pose a threat to airlines and ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 16 | with audio podcast report

RCA's Airenergy charger converts WiFi energy to electricity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Airenergy is a gadget that can harvest free electricity from WiFi signals such as those from a wireless Internet connection, apparently with enough efficiency to make it practical for recharging ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (29) | comments 38 | with audio podcast weblog

US military developing geolocation system for underground

(PhysOrg.com) -- The US military is studying the feasibility of a system that could allow them to accurately navigate in enemy underground tunnels, an environment in which GPS does not work.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Radio Waves: Alternative Power Source

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Duke University are harvesting ambient radio waves to power small microprocessor devices that consume very little energy. Devices such as sensors that monitor critical environmental ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Rap music powers rhythmic action of medical sensor

(PhysOrg.com) -- The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

City lights could reveal E.T. civilization

In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, astronomers have hunted for radio signals and ultra-short laser pulses. In a new paper, Avi Loeb (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and Edwin Turner ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 54 | with audio podcast

An alien code close to home: Seeking ET beyond the radio silence

Any intelligent extraterrestrial life that exists probably won't announce itself by blowing up the White House, or win over the hearts of children as a lovable alien with a glowing finger. Many scientists ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (19) | comments 97 | with audio podcast