Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the "Cosmic Dawn" by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an "ancient ...

Six years ago, a Dutch-led telescope on the Chinese Chang’e-4 demonstrated that it is possible to do radio astronomy from ...

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

Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...

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

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

"This is a unique opportunity to learn how the universe's first light emerged from the darkness." ...

More information: M. Peel et al, Understanding the impact of satellites on radio astronomy observations, arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2504.11561 Provided by Universe Today ...

Radio quiet zones—regions, usually located in remote areas, where ground-based radio transmissions are limited or prohibited—have protected radio astronomy in the past.

Phoenix began observations in February, 1995 using the Parkes 210 foot radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia (the ...

Scientists have spent decades searching for a way to uncover the details of these ancient, enigmatic stars. Today, a new ...

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