Every Microsecond Counts for this Pulsar!
The optical pulses from a very special pulsar are showing up around 200 microseconds late- today’s authors investigate this very tiny lag to learn why!
A Glimpse into Santa’s Workshop: Galaxy Edition
The author’s of today’s paper have gotten a glimpse at the building blocks of a massive galaxy!
Honey, I shrunk the orbit!
Today’s post describes the discovery of Kepler’s first planet candidate spiraling into its star!
It’s a Great Time to Be an Astrophysician
Betelgeuse faded dramatically in 2019 and 2020. Fortunately a team of star doctors…(err, astrophysicists) have diagnosed the problem!
History lessons from chemical elements
Chemical elements are pretty good history teachers! Today’s paper describes how chemical abundances can tell us about the history of where a planet formed.