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Mysterious Interstellar Plasma Revealed by Twinkling Pulsars
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Mysterious Interstellar Plasma Revealed by Twinkling Pulsars

Artist’s illustration of a pulsar. Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav-Swinburne University Occasionally pulsars—rapidly-spinning remnants of stars that flash like a lighthouse—show extreme variations in brightness. Astrophysicists predict that these short bursts…

20 August 2022 · 4 min read

Optical Observations of BepiColombo Spacecraft as a Proxy for a Potential Threatening Asteroid
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Optical Observations of BepiColombo Spacecraft as a Proxy for a Potential Threatening Asteroid

An artist’s impression of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab BepiColombo is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) designed…

11 September 2021 · 3 min read

Blistering Stars in the Universe: Rare Insights Into How Violent Supernova Explosions Affect Nearby Stars
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Blistering Stars in the Universe: Rare Insights Into How Violent Supernova Explosions Affect Nearby Stars

Artist’s impression of a supernova. Credit: James Josephides, Swinburne University of Technology What happens if a supernova explosion goes off right beside another star? The star swells up, which scientists…

18 July 2021 · 3 min read

Deep Space Listening: 6000 Days of Research to Hear Continuous Gravitational Waves
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Deep Space Listening: 6000 Days of Research to Hear Continuous Gravitational Waves

Rapidly rotating neutron stars may be “humming” continuous gravitational waves. Credit: K. Wette Remember the days before working from home? It’s Monday morning, you’re running late to beat the traffic,…

14 May 2021 · 3 min read