Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are just that – enormous blasts of radio waves from space that only last for a fraction of a second. This makes pinpointing their source a huge challenge.
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Oct 30, 2018
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Australian researchers using a CSIRO radio telescope in Western Australia have nearly doubled the known number of 'fast radio bursts'— powerful flashes of radio waves from deep space.
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Oct 10, 2018
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The explosions of stars, known as supernovae, can be so bright they outshine their host galaxies. They take months or years to fade away, and sometimes, the gaseous remains of the explosion slam into hydrogen-rich gas and ...
Astronomy
Sep 12, 2018
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Artificial intelligence is invading many fields, most recently astronomy and the search for intelligent life in the universe, or SETI.
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Sep 10, 2018
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Precise measurement using a continent-wide collection of National Science Foundation (NSF) radio telescopes has revealed that a narrow jet of particles moving at nearly the speed of light broke out into interstellar space ...
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Sep 5, 2018
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South Africa is becoming one of the world's most important radio astronomy hubs, thanks in large part to its role as co-host of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Now a new telescope is being unveiled that will be built at ...
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Aug 17, 2018
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Since they were first detected in 2007, fast radio bursts (FRBs) have been a source of mystery to astronomers. In radio astronomy, this phenomenon refers to transient radio pulses coming from distant sources that typically ...
Astronomy
Aug 8, 2018
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Last year, the first detection of gravitational waves linked to a gamma-ray burst triggered a vast follow-up campaign with ground and space telescopes to study the aftermath of the neutron star merger that gave rise to the ...
Astronomy
Jun 1, 2018
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Scientists in South Africa on Friday launched the world's first optical telescope linked to a radio telescope, combining "eyes and ears" to try to unravel the secrets of the universe.
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May 25, 2018
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Astronomers are detecting a mysterious, powerful form of radiation blipping across space, and nobody's quite sure why.
Astronomy
Apr 3, 2018
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