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.
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Looking for a Single Stellar Ancestor: Mono-Enriched Stars in Zoom-In Simulations
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.
Featured Image: Hunting for Missing Supernova Remnants with EMU and POSSUM
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?
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 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.
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.
Weather Forecast for the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Cloudy with a Chance of Biosignatures
Astrobites reports on how clouds might actually be a good thing when it comes to detecting biosignatures with NASA’s proposed next-generation space telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
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.
From Globs to Gravitational Waves: A Simulated Cosmic Choreography
Astrobites reports on how we might be able to observe gravitational wave signals from intermediate-mass black holes in binary systems with stellar-mass black holes.
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.