"Fast radio bursts shine through the fog of the intergalactic medium, and by precisely measuring how the light slows down, we can weigh that fog, even when it's too faint to see." ...

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

In the vast expanse of space, mysterious phenomena often leave even the most seasoned astronomers scratching their heads. One ...

Satellites that retire are deorbited into a graveyard orbit within 25 years of their missions ending. This is the case with ...

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in Australia has found that a mysterious fast ...

Guided by fast radio bursts, astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics have mapped how ordinary matter is distributed in the ...

Although most of these radio signals emanate from deep space and are not thought to be technological in origin, the burst of ...

After taking a closer look, however, the team realized that the only viable source for the burst was NASA’s dead Relay 2, a ...

FRBs detect baryonic matter hidden in vast intergalactic regions Missing normal matter traced by the slowing of distant cosmic radio bur Caltech and CfA used 69 localized FRBs to solve the baryonic ma ...

Astronomers detected a powerful radio signal from near Earth, initially believed to be from a new space object. Check what ...

Fast radio bursts also may be able to help map the cosmic web in detail, Ravi said. This structure, largely made of dark matter, serves as the backbone of the universe, according to NASA.

A NASA satellite believed to be inactive since the 1960s has shocked astronomers. It's not uncommon to have such missions go ...