Radio astronomy
Subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies
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| 2025 |
NASA Deep Space Network
70-meter antennas at all three Deep Space Network locations will be decommissioned and replaced with 34-meter beam waveguide antennas, with systems upgraded to have X-band uplink and X and Ka-band downlink capabilities.
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| January 2025 |
Fast radio burst
Astronomers discovered radio waves from a galaxy approximately 2 billion light-years away, believed to be over 11 billion years old, associated with a galaxy previously thought to be inactive.
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| 2024 |
Porphyrion
Porphyrion was named after a Giant from Greek mythology by co-discoverer Aivin Gast from the University of Oxford during the research team's observations.
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| 2024 |
Fast radio burst
A new technique was formulated to estimate the transverse FRB emission region size using a scattering screen in the host galaxy. The previously recorded burst FRB 202210122A was constrained to have an emission region size less than 30,000 km.
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| 2024 |
Fast radio burst
An international team led by INAF astrophysicists conducts a research campaign on FRB20201124A, confirming the potential origin of FRBs in a binary system with a high accretion rate.
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| September 19 2024 |
Porphyrion
Porphyrion radio galaxy was featured on the cover of Nature, reported by Martijn Oei and colleagues from Leiden University/Caltech, discovered through the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS), an interferometric radio survey of the Northern Sky.
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| May 25 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Gamma-ray flare associated with FRB 20240114A reported
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| May 15 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Multiple burst detections of FRB 20240114A up to 6 GHz reported using Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
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| May 4 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Astronomers reported a redshift of z=0.1300+/-0002 for the FRB host galaxy, possibly a dwarf star-forming galaxy
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| April 25 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Eight repeat bursts from FRB 20240114A detected by Allen Telescope Array at frequencies above 2.0 GHz
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| April 18 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Coincident gamma-ray emission observed, possibly associated with FRB 20240114A
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| April 18 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Five repeat bursts from FRB 20240114A detected by Nancay Radio Telescope at 2.5 GHz (highest frequency to date)
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| April 2 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Over 100 detections of FRB 20240114A reported using five small European radio telescopes
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| March 17 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Northern Cross Radio Telescope reported a bright radio burst of FRB 20240114A
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| March 5 2024 |
Fast radio burst
A 'burst storm' reported from FRB 20240114A by the FAST radio telescope
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| February 25 2024 |
Fast radio burst
51 bursts (including micro-structure) reported using uGMRT
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| February 24 2024 |
Fast radio burst
FAST reported no detection of FRB 20240216A
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| February 22 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Announcement of five bursts from new repeating FRB 20240216A, detected by Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP)
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| February 20 2024 |
Fast radio burst
European VLBI Network (EVN) observed 13 bursts of FRB 20240114A
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| February 15 2024 |
Fast radio burst
European VLBI Network (EVN) observed 7 bursts of FRB 20240114A
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| February 14 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Detection and localization studies of FRB 20240114A reported by MeerKAT in South Africa
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| February 5 2024 |
Fast radio burst
FRB detection reported by the Westerbork RT1 25-m telescope
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| February 2 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Five repeated bursts of FRB 20240114A observed using Parkes/Murriyang Ultra Wideband Low (UWL) receiver system
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| February 1 2024 |
Fast radio burst
One burst of FRB 20240114A detected by Northern Cross Radio Telescope
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| February 1 2024 |
Fast radio burst
10 bursts detected by the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) in India
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| January 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Further detailed observations and studies of the FRB 20220610A were reported, providing additional insights into this remarkable cosmic event.
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| January 28 2024 |
Fast radio burst
FAST telescope reported 38 bursts of FRB 20240114A from January 28 to February 4
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| January 24 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Third burst of FRB 20240114A detected at 21:20:11 UTC
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| January 21 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Second burst of FRB 20240114A detected at 21:30:40 UTC
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| January 14 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Multiple repeating FRB bursts detected, continuing the ongoing research and observation of these astronomical phenomena.
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| January 14 2024 |
Fast radio burst
First detection of repeating FRB 20240114A by CHIME/FRB Collaboration, with initial burst detected at 21:50:39 UTC
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| January 10 2024 |
Fast radio burst
Astronomers reported that the source of FRB 20200610A was a rare 'blob-like' group of galaxies.
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| 2023 |
Pulsar
A scientific study proposed that timing noise in pulsars is potentially caused by background gravitational waves, offering a new understanding of pulsar rotational irregularities.
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| 2023 |
Pulsar
The white dwarf eRASSU J191213.9−441044 was suggested to act as a pulsar in both radio and X-ray wavelengths.
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| December 20 2023 |
National Space Facilities Control and Test Center
At 05:00, a missile strike was conducted at the former location of the Deep Space Communications Center near Yevpatoria, resulting in damage to Russian military equipment.
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| October 18 2023 |
Fast blue optical transient
AT 2023vth (ZTF23ableqsp) becomes the first FBOT to be officially labeled as such on the Transient Name Server by Zwicky Transient Facility
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| September 22 2023 |
Fast radio burst
Astronomers reported the discovery of FRB 20200317A, identified as one of the faintest Fast Radio Burst sources ever detected, with precise celestial coordinates of RA 16h22m45s, DEC p+56d44m50s.
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| September 7 2023 |
Fast radio burst
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reported observations of FRB 20230905 in X-ray and UV ranges, characterized as a bright, non-repeating fast radio burst.
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| September 1 2023 |
Fast radio burst
Swift X-ray observations of FRB 20220912A were reported.
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| August 18 2023 |
Fast radio burst
Burst rate constraints of FRB 20220912A were reported at various frequencies using the Green Bank 20-meter telescope.
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| August 16 2023 |
Fast radio burst
The Deep Synoptic Array (DSA-110) reported the discovery of FRB 20230814A, a fast radio burst localized at celestial coordinates 22h23m53.9s +73d01m33.3s (J2000).
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| July 2023 |
Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory
The observatory was purchased by Space Operations New Zealand Limited (SpaceOps NZ) after Auckland University of Technology decided to close the facility. The site was subsequently renamed the Warkworth Space Centre.
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| July 2023 |
Fast radio burst
19 new bursts were reported from existing Green Bank Telescope observations of FRB 121102A, including eight extremely short bursts lasting between 5 and 15 microseconds - the shortest detected to date.
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| July 13 2023 |
Fast radio burst
Four bursts of FRB 220912A were reported by the Medicina Radio Observatory in Bologna, Italy, using the Medicina Northern Cross (MNC) radio telescope.
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| June 2023 | NANOGrav published 15-year data release providing further evidence for a stochastic gravitational wave background and a measurement of the Hellings–Downs curve. |
| June 2023 | NANOGrav published further evidence for a stochastic gravitational wave background using the 15-year data release, providing a measurement of the Hellings–Downs curve. |
| May 12 2023 |
Fast radio burst
FRB 20190520B was reported to show multiple bursts, indicating a magnetic field reversal, which is a significant observation in understanding the nature of Fast Radio Bursts.
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| April 10 2023 |
Fast blue optical transient
AT 2023fhn ('The Finch' or 'The Fawn') discovered by Zwicky Transient Facility
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| January 2023 | Bulldozers expected to start working on the SKA telescope site in Murchison. |
| January 19 2023 |
Fast radio burst
Astronomers reported a corrected position for FRB 20221128A, revising its equatorial coordinates and Galactic coordinates from the previous December observation.
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