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Rob Vember with his father, Ralph. The father of former KFM presenter Rob Vember has died of Covid-19.Vember, who lives in the US, is back in the country to be with his family.He, too, has now tested positive for Covid-19, and is in self-isolation.Vember says it was heart-breaking that he wasn't able to say goodbye.Former…

By Jonathan O’Callaghan A composite image of the ASKAP radio telescope gives an idea of how fast radio burst signals are spread outICRAR and CSIRO/Alex Cherney One space mystery has helped solve another, with the discovery that strange space radio signals can help pin down the universe’s missing matter. While dark matter often grabs the…

By Leah Crane The CHIME radio telescope in British Columbia, CanadaCHIME We may finally know where fast radio bursts (FRBs) come from. These mysterious flashes of radio waves from space have now been spotted in our galaxy and appear to be connected to neutron stars called magnetars that have powerful magnetic fields. FRBs are powerful…