Is an asteroid from interstellar space really a probe from an alien civilization? Probably not, but Breakthrough Listen wants to find out.
You’re Watching DSN
The Deep Sky Network is a collection of radio antenna dishes located in Madrid (Spain), Canberra (Australia) and California in the U.S.
A Repeating Mystery
Just when you think you’ve got a mystery solved, new data revives the mystery again.
The Mystery Of Fast Radio Bursts
They aren’t local, they aren’t aliens, and they might help us understand dark matter.
Was The Wow! Signal Due To A Comet?
The Wow! signal may have been caused by comets.
Testing Relativity With Fast Radio Bursts
Fast radio bursts are strange bursts of energy originating from outside our galaxy. Their short duration means they could be used to test the limits of general relativity.
Double Pulsar Confirms Relativity
A system known as J0737-3039 confirms general relativity to within 0.04%.
Black Hole On The Radio
When matter accretes around a black hole, some of it is captured, but some of it is pushed away into long jets. In the case of this image, the jets stream out for about 1.5 million light years.
Casting Radio Shadows To Map The Moon And Venus
Sometimes astronomical light is reflected from natural sources or emitted by the objects themselves, but sometimes we actively shine light on an object to get an image.