Astronomers detect galactic space laser
April 7, 2022A powerful radio-wave laser, called a ‘megamaser’, has been observed by the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa.
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Outback radio telescope discovers dense, spinning, dead star
April 21, 2021Astronomers have discovered a pulsar—a dense and rapidly spinning neutron star sending radio waves into the cosmos—using a low-frequency radio telescope in outback Australia.
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$64 million for WA to process signals from the dawn of time
April 16, 2021The federal government will invest $64.4 million to establish a centre in Perth to process and analyse data from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope.
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