A cosmic enigma, ASKAP J1839-0756, a slow-spinning neutron star discovered using the ASKAP radio telescope, is challenging ...

Radio astronomers see what the naked eye can't. As we study the sky with telescopes that record radio signals rather than light, we end up seeing a lot of circles. The newest generation of radio ...

A mysterious and powerful burst of radio waves reached Earth after traveling through space for 8 billion years dubbed FRB ...

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are among the most puzzling astronomical phenomena. These brief yet intense bursts of radio waves, ...

The ghostly ring Kýklos (from the Greek κύκλος, circle or ring) and the object WR16 both show the environment of rare and ...

CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope is made up of 36 dishes spread out across 6km on Wajarri Country Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

and the South African MeerKAT radio telescope, comprising 64 antennas. Both are continuously involved in performing surveys of the night sky, but ASKAP in particular is leading one called the ...

Meanwhile on the SKA sites in Australia and South Africa, there are four precursor telescopes – MeerKAT and HERA in South Africa and Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) and Murchison Widefield Array ...

It used to take weeks to find any of these mysterious signals from deep in space but when the new telescope started looking it found one within days. Then another. After months of running in test ...