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Students Contribute to New Understanding of ‘Twinkling’ Pulsars

Students Contribute to New Understanding of ‘Twinkling’ Pulsars

The flexible observing setup of the Green Bank Observatory’s 20-meter telescope enabled frequent, long-duration observations of eight pulsars, spanning two and a half years for a student-driven study carried out by students in the Pulsar Science Collaboratory program.

U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Telescope Records Fastest Fast Radio Burst—Yet

Massive Stars Born from Violent Cosmic Collapse

An international team of astronomers has observed evidence that massive stars can be born from rapidly collapsing clouds of gas and dust, challenging long-held assumptions about star formation.

Telescope Tag-Team Discovers Galactic Cluster’s Bizarre Secrets

Telescope Tag-Team Discovers Galactic Cluster’s Bizarre Secrets

Towards the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, in the constellation Sagittarius, astronomers have discovered 10 monstrous neutron stars. These particular stars, called pulsars, reside together in globular cluster Terzan 5, a crowded home for hundreds of thousands of different types of stars. In one of the most jam-packed places in our Milky Way, many pulsars in Terzan 5 have evolved into bizarre and eccentric forms.