Vale Prof Govind Swarup
September 9, 2020We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Professor Govind Swarup, a valued colleague and pioneering radio astronomer. Professor Govind Swarup, a torch-bearer for building scientific capacity in independent India, passed away in Pune on 7 September 2020 after a short illness.
Australian telescope finds no signs of alien technology in 10 million star systems
September 8, 2020A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has completed the deepest and broadest search at low frequencies for alien technologies, scanning a patch of sky known to include at least 10 million stars.
Astronomers detect biggest explosion in the history of the Universe
February 28, 2020Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang.