A slowly flickering source of radio waves that changes over time might be a neutron star or a white dwarf – but its behaviour doesn’t quite fit any of our theories.
Some of the satellite dishes that make up the MeerKAT.
South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO)
Projects under NASA’s CLPS program – including the Odysseus lander that made it to the lunar surface – will probe unexplored questions about the universe’s formation.
An artist’s impression of the the NGC 1851E binary system, looking over the shoulder of the dark mystery companion star.
MPIfR; Daniëlle Futselaar (artsource.nl)
Astronomers have detected a long-running source of slow, repeating radio pulses that can’t be explained by current theories – but it’s probably not aliens.
Composite: Chuck Carter / Gregg Hallinan (Caltech) and Philippe Donn (Pexels)
Our Sun will likely go out quietly – but not all such stars do. A new radio detection of a supernova can help us better understand these cosmic cataclysms.
The current race to the Moon is opening up opportunities for lunar astronomy.
SAURON: radio intensity (purple) from MeerKAT overlaid on an optical image from the Dark Energy Survey.
Michelle Lochner / The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration 2005
ARC Laureate Fellow and Winthrop Research Professor at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, UWA., The University of Western Australia