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The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, (CHIME) in 2015, during construction of the parabolic trough reflector at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in British Columbia, Canada. (Mateus A. Fandiño/Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

Lowest Frequency Fast Radio Burst Detected

August 4, 2018

Fast radio bursts or FRB’s are brilliant, powerful but quick pulses of electromagnetic energy at radio wavelengths. Scientists think these rare and mysterious radio pulses, which are said to last no more than 5 milliseconds, travel across the universe from sources billions of light-years away. In a posting to the Astronomer’s Telegram website, scientists working […]

The Parkes 64m Radio Telescope in Australia (Binarysequence/Wikimedia Commons)

Breakthrough Listen’s Search For ETI Gets Boost

May 15, 2018

The Breakthrough Listen initiative’s search for extra-terrestrial intelligent life just got a big boost thanks to hardware upgrades at Australia’s Parkes Radio Telescope. The upgraded equipment will help scientists conduct faster surveys of the sky and will provide an ability to scan the Milky Way’s disk and bulge in unparalleled detail. The Australian radio telescope […]

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