Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array radio telescope have gained tantalizing insights into the nature of the most distant object ever observed in the Universe — a gigantic stellar explosion known as a Gamma Ray Burst.
Student Discovers Strange Astronomical Object
A West Virginia high-school student analyzing data from a giant radio telescope has discovered a new astronomical object — a strange type of neutron star called a rotating radio transient.
Missing Link Revealing Fast-Spinning Pulsar Mysteries
Astronomers have discovered a unique double-star system that represents a missing link stage in what they believe is the birth process of the most rapidly-spinning stars in the Universe — millisecond pulsars.
Unique Stellar System Gives Einstein a Thumbs-Up
Taking advantage of a unique cosmic coincidence, astronomers have measured an effect predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of General Relativity in the extremely strong gravity of a pair of superdense neutron stars.
Luck Reveals Stellar Explosion’s First Moments
Through a stroke of luck, astronomers have witnessed the first violent moments of a stellar explosion known as a supernova.
Weird Stellar Pair Puzzles Scientists
Astronomers have discovered a speedy spinning pulsar in an elongated orbit around an apparent Sun-like star, a combination never seen before, and one that has them puzzled about how the strange system developed.