Scientists have detected a powerful radio signal originating from a galaxy 8 billion light-years away, marking a significant milestone in our understanding of the universe. This discovery not only ...

Long-term observations reveal that at least some fast radio bursts are linked to magnetars orbiting companion stars.

Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a moment, it outshined everything else in the sky. The ensuing search for its ...

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to the emergence of stars marks a critical shift known as Cosmic Dawn. Yet, astronomers have struggled to unravel details about the first ...

The Allen Telescope Array, Hat Creek Radio Observatory. Credit: Alexander Pollak. Radio interferometry is a technique in radio astronomy where signals from two or more radio telescopes are combined to ...

Astronomers studying a distant galaxy cluster stumbled upon ancient radio signals that might hold clues to the formation of the early universe. While studying the distant galaxy cluster known as ...

A repeating fast radio burst has just given up one of its biggest secrets. Long-term observations revealed a rare signal ...

What does it take to detect a radio signal sent by extraterrestrial life to Earth? Two decades of work involving radio telescopes stationed on opposite sides of the world, a supercomputer in Germany, ...

Radio telescopes let you study the universe by collecting faint radio waves from distant objects. To see extremely small targets, such as the regions around supermassive black holes, those telescopes ...