While SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are enabling internet access and cell phone communications around the globe, they’re also posing a threat to radio astronomy, a new study suggests. In some ...

Today's robots tend to use one of three imaging techniques: cameras, LIDAR, or radar. Cameras see virtually the same views we do, meaning they're susceptible to smoke, fog, light reflections, and ...

In September 2019, the U.S. media outlet Politico reported, “Multiple IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) catchers were detected in downtown Washington, D.C., in 2017, and forensic ...

Researchers have developed PanoRadar, a new tool to give robots superhuman vision by transforming simple radio waves into detailed, 3D views of the environment. In the race to develop robust ...

A bizarre spinning object has been detected sending out strange radio wave pulses deep in space. This object, named GPM J1839-10, is around 15,000 light years away from Earth, and has been spotted by ...

DISCOVERY OF REPEATING RADIO WAVES COMING FROM A NEIGHBORING STAR SYSTEM. AND NEW MEXICO’S VERY LARGE ARRAY PLAYED A KEY ROLE. SCIENTISTS LOOKING FOR PROTECTIVE MAGNETIC FIELDS LIKE THE ONE ON EARTH ...

An unusual blast of radio waves from deep space had a sense of rhythm. Over the few seconds in December 2019 when the burst was detected, it kept a steady beat. That tempo holds clues to the potential ...

Astronomers have discovered a new type of stellar object that could change their understanding of extreme celestial bodies in the universe. Initially, Curtin University doctoral student Tyrone ...

Astronomers discovered a repeating fast radio burst that lasted 1,000 times longer than average bursts. Researchers hope by studying the burst they'll be abe to pinpoint its origin. Hundreds of fast ...