18 January 2017
The unusual tails of a pulsar give a clue as to what type of pulse it generates
... of these objects are only seen to emit pulses of radio waves, while others only emit pulses of high energy gamma rays...rapidly rotate and usually, this radiation is confined to either radio waves or gamma-rays with some objects showing only one type...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
... (photons) of light, as well as lots of less energetic light in ultraviolet, visible wavelengths, infrared, microwaves, and radio waves, each carried by successively lesser-energy photons. Also neutrons and other subatomic particles. The blast...
April 2017
Surviving radiation for space colonisation
... be categorized as photonic or particulate. Photons Photons have no rest mass and their impact is determined by their energy levels. Radio waves have the lowest energy level of all photonic radiation. Microwaves have more energy and can cause...
04 November 2020
New studies reveal the origin of fast radio bursts
Since 2007 mysterious bursts of radio waves that last milliseconds have been ... observatories spotted making FRB 200428 the first fast radio burst for which emissions other than radio waves have been detected. This lack of simultaneous emissions...
07 September 2020
A new study helps narrow the search for intelligent life
.... The technique used by the team can only locate intelligent and technically advanced civilisations that use radio waves as a form of communication; simple life or non-technical civilisations cannot be spotted with this method, says Garrett and...
02 March 2018
Light from the Universe’s first stars detected
... to find evidence of the earliest stars." The EDGES instrument at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, Australia. In each instrument, radio waves are collected by an antenna consisting of two rectangular metal panels mounted horizontally...
