Astronomers capture black hole eruption spanning 16 times the full Moon in the sky
December 23, 2021Astronomers have observed the nearest active supermassive black hole to Earth at radio wavelengths in unprecedented detail. The emission is powered by a central black hole in the galaxy Centaurus A, about 12 million light years away.
Outback radio telescope discovers dense, spinning, dead star
April 21, 2021Astronomers have discovered a pulsar—a dense and rapidly spinning neutron star sending radio waves into the cosmos—using a low-frequency radio telescope in outback Australia.
Astronomers see a ‘Space Jellyfish’
March 18, 2021A radio telescope located in outback Western Australia has observed a cosmic phenomenon with a striking resemblance to a jellyfish.