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

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

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

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

Space is a vast, weird place, and even our brightest minds are still only just scratching the surface of all it has to tell ...

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to the emergence of stars marks a critical shift known as Cosmic ...

Source of the radio waves was tracked to a location that matches that of NASA’s defunct Relay 2 spacecraft, which launched in ...

The icy giant is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

This is the first time an object in its class has been detected in X-rays. The discovery could lead to a better understanding ...

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In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

SpaceX’s Starlink satellites were known to interfere with visible light astronomical observations, but many have now been ...