Strange radio waves emerge from the direction of the galactic cente

Astronomers have discovered unusual signals coming from the direction of the Milky Way's centre. The radio waves fit no currently understood pattern of variable radio source and could suggest a new class of stellar object.

Fast radio bursts and extraterrestrial intelligence

Newly published research suggests that mysterious phenomena called fast radio bursts could be evidence of advanced alien technology. Specifically, these bursts might be leakage from planet-sized transmitters powering interstellar probes in distant galaxies.

World's smallest radio receiver has building blocks the size of two atoms

Researchers have made the world's smallest radio receiver - built out of an assembly of atomic-scale defects in pink diamonds.

Inside FAST, soon to be the world’s biggest and baddest radio telescope

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), under construction in Guizhou Province in southern China, will be able to see more than

Best-ever look at pulsars: LOFAR takes the pulse of the radio sky

A powerful new telescope is allowing an international team of scientists to have their