Refurbishing a Radio Telescope: Fast Radio Burst Edition
What does it take to upgrade an existing radio telescope to survey fast radio bursts?
The Beating Heart(-Shaped Region) of Pluto
Like human, like dwarf planet – it turns out Pluto’s heart has a “heartbeat.”
A Pulsar’s Surface Map Gets a NICER Update
Recent X-ray observations of a pulsar reveal a stranger configuration of “hot spots” than previously thought.
Constraining the Hubble Constant with Lensed Gravitational Wave Events
Gravitational waves have been used to measure the Hubble constant before, but the uncertainties were too large to provide competitive constraints. However, using lensed gravitational wave events could be a game-changer.
The Nobel Prize for the Foundations of Modern Cosmology
Half of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to James Peebles for his work in physical cosmology. Come read about some of his contributions that led to this recognition!