The US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has developed a compact antenna that can transmit radio signals not only over long distances through the air, but also underwater, ...

NASA is launching a suborbital sounding rocket to study how radio waves escaping the Earth's ionosphere may be affecting orbital satellites. Scheduled for launch from the Wallops Island Flight ...

I used to watch a science fiction show on TV called Amazing Stories while growing up back in the mid- to late-1980s. The show was created by Steven Spielberg. I still remember an episode called “Fine ...

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A group of five Talawanda high school seniors are building a VLF space antenna to monitor changes in ion activity in the atmosphere during the solar eclipse of August 21. Energy from the sun creates a ...

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NASA’s Van Allen Probes have discovered some strange radio wave activity in the space around Earth. On Wednesday, NASA Goddard Space Center announced that the two probes had helped scientists identify ...

When it comes to the impact humans have had on the Earth, the evidence spans much further than just the surface, but also the outer space surrounding our lovely planet. Not only have we sent so much ...

In California, a retired electrical engineer has revived an out-of-production sonar device that uses very low frequency, or VLF, radio waves to locate underground water, and, as recently as Feb. 15, ...

A quantum physics-based technology developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers may enable first responders, warfighters and mariners to communicate and navigate in areas ...

Reflected radio-wave amplitudes a proxy for varying temperatures? (Courtesy: Stanford University) Very low frequency (VLF) radio waves can be used to measure temperatures at the mesopause – the lower ...