The journey of Earth’s radio signals began over a century ago, following the first intentional broadcast by Reginald Aubrey Fessenden in 1906. These signals have been traveling across the Milky Way ...
Radio waves from Earth have been moving through space for more than a century. They did not start as part of any grand plan ...
If the thought of receiving radio signals from space conjures an image of Jodie Foster in the movie Contact, hunched over a computer console and listening for spaceship schematics beamed to Earth by ...
The recent spate of unidentified drone sightings in the U.S., including some near sensitive locations such as airports and military installations, has caused significant public concern. Some of this ...
Russia's mysterious 'Doomsday Radio' UVB-76 has sent 15 coded messages in one week, an unusual event that has raised fears across Europe. The station, active since the 1970s, is believed to be linked ...
There’s no *69 option for this long-distance call. A newly discovered, yet still mysterious radio signal from the far reaches of space that repeats itself hourly is perplexing scientists. The ...
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are leaking radio waves to such an extent that it could threaten our ability to study and understand the early universe, say astronomers. Interference from the thousands ...
The universe is awash with strange radio signals, but astronomers have now detected a really bizarre one that repeats every hour, cycling through three different states. While they have some ideas ...
If aliens are watching Earth, they might be able to detect us from the radio signals we beam to Mars to control our rovers there. Astronomers have now listened in on the nearby TRAPPIST-1 system to ...
Astronomers discovered the TRAPPIST-1 system, a family of tightly packed planets swarming a red dwarf star, about eight years ago. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images ...
Nick’s Signal Spot is a new feature in which Nick Langan explores RF signals, propagation, new equipment or related endeavors. First, the broken white lines on the Pennsylvania Turnpike asphalt become ...