Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

A few years ago, a radio telescope operating out of the desert of Western Australia observed something very weird. Just 4,000 light-years from Earth, something was emitting a bright radio signal like ...

Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now know where they’re coming from – the death throes of a planet being torn to ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

New research has traced a radio burst from deep in the Milky Way back to its original source. Mark Garlick/University of Warwick/ESO Astronomers are dialed in for this discovery. Researchers for the ...

From across the Milky Way galaxy, something has been sending out signals. Every two hours or so, a pulse of radio waves ripples through space-time, appearing in data going back years. Now a team of ...

The hunt for intelligent life beyond Earth has quietly entered a more exacting phase, and one small, cool star has become a ...

Astronomers pinpointed the source of the signal to a low mass star, but it can't generate that much energy on its own. Reading time 3 minutes A steady pulse of bright energy has been emanating from ...

Researchers with the Breakthrough Listen project have detected a curious signal originating from Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun. The signal has been designated as a possible alien ...

Stuart Ryder is affiliated with not-for-profit Astronomy Australia Ltd. AAL does not sponsor or endorse any of the research activities conducted under the auspices of his Adjunct role with Macquarie ...

Astronomers are dialed in for this discovery. Researchers for the first time have tracked a pulsing radio signal in space back to its original source — deep in our Milky Way galaxy. The team, led by ...