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Astronomers Capture a Pulsar 'Powering Up'

A Monash-University-led collaboration has, for the first time, observed the full, 12-day process of material spiralling into a distant neutron star, triggering an X-ray outburst thousands of times brighter than our Sun.

3 Jun 2020

Study Spots Closest Young Brown Dwarf with Disk that Could Form Planets

Brown dwarfs are the middle child of astronomy, too big to be a planet yet not big enough to be a star.

3 Jun 2020

Gamma Rays from Crab Nebula Detected Using Next-Generation Telescope

Scientists have detected gamma rays from the Crab Nebula, the most famous of supernova remnants, using a next-generation telescope that opens the door for astrophysicists to study some of the most energetic and unusual objects in the universe.

3 Jun 2020

Classical Novae are Responsible for Lithium Produced in the Milky Galaxy

Combining theory with both laboratory studies and observations, a research team led by Sumner Starrfield, an astrophysicist from Arizona State University, has determined that a type of stellar explosions, known as classical novae, is the cause for a major portion of lithium in the solar system and the Milky Way galaxy.

2 Jun 2020

Zooming in on the Origins of Fast Radio Bursts

Astronomers have peered into the home galaxies of fast radio bursts, ruling out supermassive black holes as a cause and bringing us a step closer to understanding the origins of these mysterious signals from outer space.

2 Jun 2020

Study Endeavors to Unlock Mystery Behind Bright, Lensed, Obscured Quasar

Determined to find a needle in a cosmic haystack, a pair of astronomers time traveled through archives of old data from W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauankea in Hawaii and old X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to unlock a mystery surrounding a bright, lensed, heavily obscured quasar.

2 Jun 2020

New Study Offers Better Insights into Elusive Mysteries of Stellar Astronomy

Astronomers using European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes have discovered giant spots on the surface of extremely hot stars hidden in stellar clusters.

2 Jun 2020

Using High-Power Laser to Create Magnetic Field Close to that of Neutron Star

A few minutes into the life of the universe, colliding emissions of light energy created the first particles of matter and antimatter.

2 Jun 2020

DESI Measurements Will Help Map Universe in 3D, Know More About Dark Energy

Even as the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI, lies dormant within a telescope dome on a mountaintop in Arizona, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DESI project has moved forward in reaching the final formal approval milestone prior to startup.

2 Jun 2020