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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…
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…
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…
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,…
