How (S)low Can You Go: Pulsar Edition
What causes some pulsars to spin much slower than others? Could it have to do with accretion from their birth environment?
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Beginnings of a Branch
The Sagittarius stellar stream is split into two branches: why is that, and where did the stars in each branch come from?
A Software Solution for Tracking Down Gravitational Wave Sources
Researchers explore a new way to schedule observations in the hopes that we can make the most of limited telescope time when a new gravitational wave signal is detected.
Simulations Suggest Magnetic Fields Made the First Stars Form Solo
Were the first stars in the universe all massive, or did low-mass stars form in their midst? New research suggests that magnetic fields might have been the deciding factor.
Where Do Eccentric Stellar Twins Come From?
The Milky Way hosts a large number of binary stars with equal masses and wide orbits. A new analysis of data from the Gaia spacecraft may help researchers understand how these systems formed.
Keeping Tabs on Clusters in an Ultra-Diffuse Galaxy
What’s responsible for the arrangement of ultra-diffuse galaxy NGC5846-UDG1’s (many!) globular clusters?
Probing a Bright Radio Galaxy with X-Rays
What can the polarization of light around the core of Centaurus A tell us about the physics at play in such a high-energy environment?
Can Machine Learning Warn Us of Approaching Geomagnetic Storms?
In the Sun’s atmosphere, a massive eruption of plasma is brewing — how can we predict if a coronal mass ejection will cause a damaging geomagnetic storm?
Researchers Reveal a Hidden Pulsar
Astronomers have tracked down a second millisecond pulsar in a nearby globular cluster. Can this discovery help us understand why these systems are so hard to find?
How Do Milky Way–Like Galaxies Grow?
Researchers survey galaxies billions of years ago to understand how the Milky Way grew into the galaxy it is today.