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New Analysis of 1977 Wow! Signal Reveals Stronger Cosmic Mystery
The famous 1977 “Wow!” signal — a mysterious radio burst detected by Ohio’s Big Ear telescope — has been reanalyzed using modern computing techniques. Researchers digitized old telescope records, finding the signal was about four times stronger than first thought, peaking at 250 Janskys. The recalculations also refined its frequency and s...
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Dead NASA Satellite Relay 2 May Have Caused Mysterious 2024 Radio Burst
In June 2024, a mysterious 30-nanosecond radio burst baffled scientists — until they traced it back to a surprising source: Relay 2, a NASA satellite offline since 1967. Researchers believe the signal could have been triggered either by a micrometeorite impact or an electrostatic discharge. The discovery, detailed in a new preprint study, highlig...
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Mysterious "Dead" Satellite Sends Powerful Signal to Earth After Decades
The radio pulse was blasted from a defunct satellite, Relay 2, which was an experimental communications satellite launched in 1964.
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Scientists Baffled By Mysterious Radio Waves Coming From Under Antarctica Ice
The researchers analysed signals travelling to the surface from below the ice, using a variety of instruments.
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NASA Launching Rockets To Probe 'Mysterious' Clouds In Ionosphere
Scientists are hoping to understand the Sporadic-E layers that form in the lower portions of ionosphere, causing radio signals to reflect to Earth.
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Astronomers Detect Mysterious Deep Space Object Emitting Strange Signals
According to a new study published in the journal Nature, the object releases intense signals for two minutes every 44 minutes.
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Einstein Probe Detects Mysterious X-ray Flare with Record-Long Emission
An international team of astronomers has detected a peculiar fast-evolving X-ray transient, EP241021a, using China’s Einstein Probe. Unveiled in a May 12 arXiv paper, this transient stood out due to its long-lasting emissions lasting over 79 days—unprecedented among FEXTs. EP241021a also produced optical and radio emissions, suggesting a multi-...
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Strange Fast Radio Bursts Emerge from an Ancient Dead Galaxy, Baffling Scientists
Scientists have detected mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) from the outskirts of an 11 billion-year-old dead galaxy. This discovery challenges the belief that FRBs primarily originate from young, star-forming galaxies. Researchers suspect the bursts may result from colliding stars or a collapsing white dwarf. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mappi...
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Mysterious Radio Signals from Deep Space Reportedly Reached Earth After Eight Billion Years
Astronomers recently detected an extraordinary event – a deep space radio signal that took 8 billion years to reach Earth. The radio burst, named FRB 20220610A, is one of the most powerful and distant signals ever captured. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) like this are brief but incredibly strong, leaving scientists questioning their origins.
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After 8 Billion Years, Mysterious Deep Space Radio Signal Reaches Earth
Dubbed FRB 20220610A, this signal is one of the most distant and energetic ever observed.
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Mysterious Soviet Era Radio Signal Transmitting For 40 Years Baffles Scientists
There are numerous theories around the radio transmission. The frequency is thought to belong to the Russian military, though they've never actually admitted this.
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Never-Before-Seen Anomaly Found In Fast Radio Bursts, Say Astronomers
Astronomers think at least some FRBs are generated by a type of neutron star known as a magnetar.
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Astronomers Detected 2 Major Targets With A Single Telescope- A Mysterious Signal And Source Galaxy
FRBs are immensely useful for studying the cosmos, from investigating the matter that makes up the universe, to even using them to constrain the Hubble constant the measure of how much the universe is expanding.
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Scientists Detect Mysterious Radio Signals Coming From Space
Astronomers have detected a strange radio signal coming from another galaxy, nearly 3 billion light-years away from Earth. This is the second time ever that such a repeating signal was detected by scientists.
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Astronomers Find Likely Source Of "Wow Signal" Received In 1977
Fifty years since a mysterious radio signal was received by a radio telescope on Earth, astronomers have claimed that they have found its source.
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New Analysis of 1977 Wow! Signal Reveals Stronger Cosmic Mystery
The famous 1977 “Wow!” signal — a mysterious radio burst detected by Ohio’s Big Ear telescope — has been reanalyzed using modern computing techniques. Researchers digitized old telescope records, finding the signal was about four times stronger than first thought, peaking at 250 Janskys. The recalculations also refined its frequency and s...
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Dead NASA Satellite Relay 2 May Have Caused Mysterious 2024 Radio Burst
In June 2024, a mysterious 30-nanosecond radio burst baffled scientists — until they traced it back to a surprising source: Relay 2, a NASA satellite offline since 1967. Researchers believe the signal could have been triggered either by a micrometeorite impact or an electrostatic discharge. The discovery, detailed in a new preprint study, highlig...
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Mysterious "Dead" Satellite Sends Powerful Signal to Earth After Decades
The radio pulse was blasted from a defunct satellite, Relay 2, which was an experimental communications satellite launched in 1964.
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Scientists Baffled By Mysterious Radio Waves Coming From Under Antarctica Ice
The researchers analysed signals travelling to the surface from below the ice, using a variety of instruments.
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NASA Launching Rockets To Probe 'Mysterious' Clouds In Ionosphere
Scientists are hoping to understand the Sporadic-E layers that form in the lower portions of ionosphere, causing radio signals to reflect to Earth.
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Astronomers Detect Mysterious Deep Space Object Emitting Strange Signals
According to a new study published in the journal Nature, the object releases intense signals for two minutes every 44 minutes.
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Einstein Probe Detects Mysterious X-ray Flare with Record-Long Emission
An international team of astronomers has detected a peculiar fast-evolving X-ray transient, EP241021a, using China’s Einstein Probe. Unveiled in a May 12 arXiv paper, this transient stood out due to its long-lasting emissions lasting over 79 days—unprecedented among FEXTs. EP241021a also produced optical and radio emissions, suggesting a multi-...
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Strange Fast Radio Bursts Emerge from an Ancient Dead Galaxy, Baffling Scientists
Scientists have detected mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) from the outskirts of an 11 billion-year-old dead galaxy. This discovery challenges the belief that FRBs primarily originate from young, star-forming galaxies. Researchers suspect the bursts may result from colliding stars or a collapsing white dwarf. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mappi...
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Mysterious Radio Signals from Deep Space Reportedly Reached Earth After Eight Billion Years
Astronomers recently detected an extraordinary event – a deep space radio signal that took 8 billion years to reach Earth. The radio burst, named FRB 20220610A, is one of the most powerful and distant signals ever captured. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) like this are brief but incredibly strong, leaving scientists questioning their origins.
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After 8 Billion Years, Mysterious Deep Space Radio Signal Reaches Earth
Dubbed FRB 20220610A, this signal is one of the most distant and energetic ever observed.
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Mysterious Soviet Era Radio Signal Transmitting For 40 Years Baffles Scientists
There are numerous theories around the radio transmission. The frequency is thought to belong to the Russian military, though they've never actually admitted this.
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Never-Before-Seen Anomaly Found In Fast Radio Bursts, Say Astronomers
Astronomers think at least some FRBs are generated by a type of neutron star known as a magnetar.
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Astronomers Detected 2 Major Targets With A Single Telescope- A Mysterious Signal And Source Galaxy
FRBs are immensely useful for studying the cosmos, from investigating the matter that makes up the universe, to even using them to constrain the Hubble constant the measure of how much the universe is expanding.
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Scientists Detect Mysterious Radio Signals Coming From Space
Astronomers have detected a strange radio signal coming from another galaxy, nearly 3 billion light-years away from Earth. This is the second time ever that such a repeating signal was detected by scientists.
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Astronomers Find Likely Source Of "Wow Signal" Received In 1977
Fifty years since a mysterious radio signal was received by a radio telescope on Earth, astronomers have claimed that they have found its source.
