Astronomers in Australia detected a powerful radio signal, surprisingly originating from an old, defunct satellite only 4,500 km away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Astronomers studying a distant galaxy cluster stumbled upon ancient radio signals that might hold clues to the formation of ...

The study went on to note that a cause for the pulse could have been that it was struck by a small piece of space rock, known ...

Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange ...

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

Everything seemed to indicate that it was a phenomenon from deep space. An ultra-fast radio signal, detected in Australia, had all the hallmarks of a fast radio burst—those enigmatic flashes ...