Lack of Spacetime Squiggles Limit How Much a Pulsar Can Be Squashed
Just how spherical are neutron stars? Astrobites reports on how we can measure spherical perfection for objects hundreds of light-years away.
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Taking Stock of Backyard Worlds
In the census of our solar neighborhood we’re missing a key population: the coolest, dimmest substar dwarfs that lurk nearby. A citizen science project has now tackled this problem.
Different Views of a Fast Radio Burst
What does a fast radio burst look like at different frequencies? And what can that tell us about them?
Forecasting Eruptions of Solar Flares
A new look at hundreds of past solar flares may help us predict when a solar flare will be accompanied by a potentially hazardous ejection of mass.
A Windy Day in the Milky Way
Astrobites reports on how winds in star clusters can drive dramatic turbulence in enormous, expanding superbubbles.
Featured Image: Simulating the Birth of a Close Binary
Ever wondered how stellar binaries form? Check out this numerical simulation, which tracks the process over 400 years.