Lightning 'Whistler' Detected on Mars For The First Time, Scientists Report

The single whistler event was recorded over a crustal magnetic field, at an altitude of 349 kilometers (217 miles) on the night side of Mars. This last part is crucial: When under the direct glare of ...

Black holes! Supernovas! Merging galaxies! Oh my! Largest radio survey of the cosmos ever reveals 13.7 million powerful cosmic objects and events

Astronomers have used the LOFAR telescope array to create the largest radio survey of the cosmos, revealing 13.7 million ...
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Astronomers unveil the largest radio map ever, revealing millions of black holes and explosive events

LOFAR’s LoTSS-DR3 survey maps 13.7 million radio sources, revealing black hole jets, supernovas, galaxy clusters and new details about magnetic fields in the Milky Way and beyond ...
SETI Institute

Lost Pulsars Found? Breakthrough Listen’s Deep Survey of the Galactic Core

What: Researchers report the possible discovery of a millisecond pulsar near the Galactic Center using data from the ...
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Which radio waves disrupt the magnetic sense in migratory birds?

While radio waves emitted by radio and television broadcasting and CB radio can disrupt the magnetic compass of migratory birds, those used in mobile communication networks do not because the ...
NPR

Polar Waves: One Cool Sound

Our SoundClips series continues with listener Jim Hetrick of Stockton, Calif. He shares recordings he made in 1982 at the South Pole, where he captured low-frequency radio waves created by lightning ...