Kicking Neutron Stars from the Nest
Neutron stars are born running, and recent research explores just how fast they start off.
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Cluster Before Stack: A New Algorithm for Pulsar Timing
To push the limits of high-precision pulsar measurements, astronomers have reconsidered their approach to data stacking.
Chiming In on the Pulsar Search: Searching for Pulsars with CHIME
Using CHIME, a new collaboration has embarked on a journey to discover pulsars across the northern sky.
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?
A Close Look at an Ancient Moon
Researchers present the first-ever millimeter-wavelength map of Callisto, the coldest and most weather-worn of Jupiter’s major moons.
All Alone With No AGN to Call Home? New Results for Little Red Dots
Small in size and glowing red, little red dots have been confusing astronomers since their discovery by JWST. What are the origins of these distant galaxies, and what have researchers learned so far?
A Dusty Disk Points to a Potential Planet
Rings and gaps in TWA 7’s debris disk suggested a planet might be lurking nearby. JWST observations may have revealed the hidden world.
Examining Earendel: Is the Most Distant Lensed Star Actually a Cluster?
An incredible beacon from the first billion years of the universe, Earendel has been touted as the most distant single star ever seen — but it might not be a single star at all.
Potential Discovery of a World Next Door
JWST provides new evidence that one of our nearest neighbor stars, Alpha Centauri A, might host a giant planet in its habitable zone.
Supermassive Black Holes and Stripped Subgiants: Significant Signals for Future Gravitational Wave Detectors
When a supermassive black hole captures a significantly smaller object, the interaction could produce gravitational waves that have not yet been detected. A new study explores such events and how future gravitational wave detectors may be able to feel them for years to come.