Scientists say that the construction of a vast new radio telescope array in the Utah desert — known as the Deep Synoptic ...

The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...

A powerful and mysterious blast of radio waves that astronomers believed was a fast radio burst (FRB) from far beyond the ...

A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

What happens when a relic of the early Space Age unexpectedly outshines the cosmos, even for a fleeting instant? In June 2024 ...

Despite challenges posed by satellite mega-constellations, the director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory says the future looks bright for his field. Toggle search box Toggle navigation.

Fast radio bursts last only a few milliseconds, which makes it difficult to accurately determine where they have come from. "One of the greatest mysteries in astronomy right now is the origin of ...

Our ability to study faint radio signals from when the first stars began to form is being threatened by SpaceX's Starlink ...

“When I talk to people about FRBs, or even just radio astronomy,” Petroff says, “someone will almost always mention microwave ovens.” More deals, reviews, and buying guides.

Building your own radio telescope using a kitchen wok offers a way to affordably carry out real astronomy, even under light-polluted skies. Skip to content Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com Forum!

In many ways, we are seeing radio astronomy returning to its roots, which began with an uneasy marriage between astronomy and electrical engineering. It took time for scientists in those two fields to ...