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 ...

A powerful and mysterious blast of radio waves that astronomers believed was a fast radio burst (FRB) from far beyond the ...

Smith, the former Astronomer Royal, who has died aged 102, was a pioneer of radio astronomy, carrying out research which ...

Tributes have been paid to a "towering figure in British astronomy" who has died aged 102. Sir Francis Graham-Smith was ...

"Each new detection brings us closer to understanding the origins of complex organic chemistry in the universe — and perhaps, the origins of the building blocks of life themselves." ...

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

Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange ...

Astronomers have finally deciphered the mystery of a peculiar bright burst in space, initially spotted using a large radio ...

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

In the vast expanse of space, mysterious phenomena often leave even the most seasoned astronomers scratching their heads. One ...