An Unknown Deep-Space Signal Reaches Humanity, It Lasted Just 10 Seconds ...

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists could send out radio waves to communicate with satellites, rockets and ...

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

Anomalous radio signals detected in Antarctica by the ANITA experiment were coming upward from Earth rather than down from the sky. Researchers used digital and mathematical simulations to test ...

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(CNN) — Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a moment, it outshined everything else in the sky. The ensuing search for ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gabriela Radulescu, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) As humans began to ...