Earthquake mystery: What were the glowing lights in the Turkey sky? Here’s the science behind itFollowing a 4.2-magnitude earthquake in Turkey, unusual floating lights were observed, now being studied as rare 'earthquake lights' (EQL)....
03 Apr, 2026, 11.14 PM IST
Who Sent the Space Signal? The Magnetar Mystery ExplainedA powerful, fleeting flash of energy, a fast radio burst, was detected originating from within our Milky Way galaxy in April 2020. This eve...
28 Feb, 2026, 10.08 PM IST
Deep space mystery: What we know about the mysterious radio bursts from beyond the Milky WayAstronomers have detected a series of unusual, repeating radio signals, named FRB 20240619D, originating from beyond the Milky Way. The Mee...
27 Aug, 2025, 05.20 PM IST
Scientists thought they found a 'zombie' in space. Turns out, it was something even strangerAstronomers in Western Australia detected a powerful radio burst, initially mistaking it for a new astronomical object or a rare fast radio...
01 Jul, 2025, 12.46 AM IST
Who sent mysterious radio burst in 2024? Study reveals the presence of a ‘zombie’ NASA Satellite. Here’s truthA powerful radio burst detected in 2024 from within our galaxy may have come from NASA’s Relay 2 satellite, launched in 1964. Scientists su...
26 Jun, 2025, 07.10 PM IST
This is how astronomers have found universe’s missing ordinary matterAstronomers have used fast radio bursts (FRBs) to locate the universe’s missing ordinary matter. This matter had not been detected before b...
17 Jun, 2025, 01.02 AM IST
8 billion-year mystery: Powerful radio signal reaches earth from deep spaceA burst of radio waves, FRB 20220610A, has reached Earth after an 8 billion-year journey. Detected by the ASKAP telescope and traced to an ...
17 Sep, 2024, 02.02 PM IST
A secret alien message: A powerful radio signal from the edge of the universe has stunned astronomersAstronomers have detected the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded, an 8-billion-year-old pulse that has been traveling for mo...
25 Oct, 2023, 11.28 AM IST
Astronomers unlock the secrets of 8 billion year old radio burstsAstronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery after detecting a fast radio burst (FRB) that occurred 8 billion years ago. This particula...
20 Oct, 2023, 07.03 PM IST
Newly discovered neutron star 'Impossible' spins slowly emitting 7 types of signalsAstronomers are stunned by the newly-discovered neutron star due to its ultra-slow spinning speed while it can emit seven different types o...
31 May, 2022, 08.51 PM IST
Astronomers discover precise location of cosmic radio wavesIn 2017, the researchers found a repeater's home galaxy but localising a one-off burst was much more challenging.
30 Jun, 2019, 03.47 PM IST
- AI helps track down mysterious cosmic radio bursts
New York, Sep 11 (IANS) Researchers have used machine learning to discover 72 new fast radio bursts from a mysterious source some 3 billion...
11 Sep, 2018, 06.02 PM IST
- Origin of mysterious radio bursts in space revealed
London, Jan 11 (IANS) Astronomers have found that repeated mysterious fast radio bursts -- that are being flashed from more than 3 billion ...
11 Jan, 2018, 02.22 PM IST
Breakthrough detects 15 radio bursts from dwarf galaxy; might be from ‘alien’ spacecraft15 radio bursts coming from a dwarf galaxy about 3 million light years away from earth have been detected by Breakthrough Listen, a global ...
31 Aug, 2017, 01.01 PM IST
- Mysterious radio signal traced to distant dwarf galaxy
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) In a first, astronomers, including one of Indian-origin, have traced the source of a mysterious radio signal to a ...
05 Jan, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
Rare space radio signals to better test Albert Einstein's theory of General RelativityThe new method using radio waves, called Fast Radio Bursts, is ten to hundred times better than previous testing methods that used gamma-ra...
01 Jan, 2016, 05.37 PM IST
New method to map cosmos in 3-DResearchers from UBC in Canada proposed the method which calculates cosmological distances using the bursts of energy also known as fast ra...
21 Sep, 2015, 01.38 PM IST