pulsars
Scientists Are Studying Using Supernovas as Fuel for Interstellar Travel
“If there are some other technological species that are more advanced than we are, then this could be a viable means of transportation for them."
Inside China's Supermassive Alien-Searching Radio Dish
The 500 meter wide FAST dish has made a poor rural province the center of China's search for extraterrestrial life. But how likely is it the telescope will indeed start intercepting alien messages?
Astronomers Zero In On Source of Mysterious Fast Radio Burst
The distant radio flashes of FRBs are yet to be fully explained.
Something in Space Is Blasting Earth with Mysterious 'Fast Radio Bursts'
Confirming the unknown origin of the quick electromagnetic bursts thought to be bombing Earth 10,000 times a day.
The Galaxy's Biggest Telescope Just Took the Highest-Resolution Measurement Ever
A distant pulsar was measured with a million times the precision of the previous record. The results are equivalent to glimpsing the double-helix structure of our DNA from the moon.
24 New Pulsars Were Discovered with the Help of Regular Old PCs
Utilizing a bunch of idle civilian computing power is an elegant solution to one of the inherent complexities in “data-base astronomy.”
Astronomic Breakthrough Is Excuse Enough To Post Pulsar Videos
There's nothing like a few well-placed videos of "millisecond pulsars":http://www.astronomynow.com/090522Millisecondpulsarmysterysolved.html to remind you that sometimes space can make you feel like you've somehow been transported to a Led Zepplin...
The Biggest Telescope on Earth
From a quiet swath of English countryside, some one and a half hours outside of London, researchers are receiving radio messages from the farthest reaches of the universe.