Pulsars, superdense neutron stars, are perhaps the most extraordinary physics laboratories in the Universe.
From Earth’s Water to Cosmic Dawn: New Tools Unveiling Astronomical Mysteries
Two new and powerful research tools are helping astronomers gain key insights needed to transform our understanding of important processes across the breadth of astrophysics.
VLBA, RXTE Team Up to Pinpoint Black Hole’s Outburst
Astronomers have gained an important clue about a ubiquitous cosmic process by pinpointing the exact moment when gigantic bullets of fast-moving material were launched from the region surrounding a black hole.
Students Excited by Stellar Discovery
In the constellation of Ophiuchus, above the disk of our Milky Way Galaxy, there lurks a stellar corpse spinning 30 times per second — an exotic star known as a radio pulsar.
Most Massive Neutron Star Discovered
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope have discovered the most massive neutron star yet found, a discovery with strong and wide-ranging impacts across several fields of physics and astrophysics.
New Star-Forming Regions in Milky Way
Astronomers studying the Milky Way have discovered a large number of previously-unknown regions where massive stars are being formed. Their discovery provides important new information about the structure of our home Galaxy and promises to yield new clues about the chemical composition of the Galaxy.