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Polly Bevan-Bowhay

Oct 12, 20212 min read

Strange radio waves coming from the heart of the Milky Way stump scientists

A previously unknown stellar object was first spotted during a sky survey using the ASKAP radio telescope at the Murchison...

The Thatch

May 8, 20213 min read

Chinese rocket’s chaotic fall to Earth highlights problem of space junk

China has played down fears that its Long March 5B rocket could hit a populated area or a plane in flight but there is no shortage of...

The Thatch

Nov 8, 20202 min read

Bursts of radio waves in space may be from cores of dead stars

Researchers in the U.S., Canada and China independently reached that conclusion. Astronomers have spotted a handful of extremely intense...

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