A blue/white star with lines representing magnetic fields sprouting from the poles against a black background.
Features

Kicking Neutron Stars from the Nest

Neutron stars are born running, and recent research explores just how fast they start off.

illustration of a quasar
Astrobites

Are Quasars Growing in Secret?

Astrobites reports on supermassive black holes in the early universe that may have been hiding phases of their growth.

A photograph of a large radio dish taken during the day from above.

To push the limits of high-precision pulsar measurements, astronomers have reconsidered their approach to data stacking.

supernova remnant N49

Astrobites reports on research that explores if we’ll be able to find a star that has formed from the gas enriched by only one stellar predecessor.

Our galaxy likely contains far more supernova remnants than we’ve found so far. What progress have recent radio surveys made in the hunt for supernova remnants?

Pulsar diagram

Using CHIME, a new collaboration has embarked on a journey to discover pulsars across the northern sky.

A spiral of bright material circling a black core.
Features

Scars from a Black Hole

Say a star wandered close enough to a black hole to be partially ripped apart, but lived to tell the tale. What does the rest of its life look like?

Tarantula Nebula
Astrobites

A Dust Curve That Breaks the Mold

Astobites reports on a surprising dust curve in a distant galaxy that challenges what we know about cosmic dust.