Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in ...

The waves' origin is unknown, so they hint at the existence of a new type of celestial object. The signal doesn't look like the kind that comes from stars, planets, or even dead stars. Mysterious ...

DISCOVERY OF REPEATING RADIO WAVES COMING FROM A NEIGHBORING STAR SYSTEM. AND NEW MEXICO’S VERY LARGE ARRAY PLAYED A KEY ROLE. SCIENTISTS LOOKING FOR PROTECTIVE MAGNETIC FIELDS LIKE THE ONE ON EARTH ...

How much does the universe weigh? It’s a simple question with an answer so complex that scientists have devised several ways to calculate the mass of, well, everything and arrived at many different ...

An unusual blast of radio waves from deep space had a sense of rhythm. Over the few seconds in December 2019 when the burst was detected, it kept a steady beat. That tempo holds clues to the potential ...

A team from the Faculty of Physics and the Center for Quantum Optical Technologies at the University of Warsaw has developed a new type of all-optical radio receiver based on the fundamental ...

Today's robots tend to use one of three imaging techniques: cameras, LIDAR, or radar. Cameras see virtually the same views we do, meaning they're susceptible to smoke, fog, light reflections, and ...

Astronomers have discovered a new type of stellar object that could change their understanding of extreme celestial bodies in the universe. Initially, Curtin University doctoral student Tyrone ...

In September 2019, the U.S. media outlet Politico reported, “Multiple IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) catchers were detected in downtown Washington, D.C., in 2017, and forensic ...

If you pass by a café that operates a WiFi network, you can be identified – even if you do not carry a cell phone with you. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have found a way to ...