The signals provide astronomers with a look into the life, and death, of a massive star exploding into a supernova.

Cosmic radio pulses repeating every few minutes or hours, known as long-period transients, have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in 2022. Our new study, published in Nature Astronomy today, ...

Astronomers have captured the first radio waves ever detected from a rare class of exploding star, a discovery that has given ...

Astronomers detected radio waves from a rare exploding star, revealing what happens in the final years before a massive star dies.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite image of the South African MeerKAT radio telescope array with vast, cosmic bubbles of ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers atSouth Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope detected the first radio signal from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. This detection marks a key milestone in the ...

China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

Radio telescopes let you study the universe by collecting faint radio waves from distant objects. To see extremely small ...

Scientists have shortlisted 100 unusual radio signals from space after a 21-year search using Arecibo Observatory data. While not confirmed as alien messages, the findings keep hopes of ...

Get ready to see our galaxy like never before. Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have released an incredible image of the Milky Way shining in low-frequency ...

Astronomers have captured the first radio signals from a rare supernova, revealing intense activity in a star’s final years before it exploded.

For the first time, astronomers have captured radio signals from a rare exploding star, exposing what happened in the years ...