With the first direct detection of gravitational waves at the top of many physicists’ wish list, Louise Mayor describes how radio astronomers are hoping to reveal these ripples in space–time by ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A distant globular cluster that's home to dozens of fast-rotating stars could provide new clues ...

Pulsar array artist’s impression of how NANOGrav observes pulsars in an effort detect gravitational waves. (Courtesy: NANOGrav/T Klein) The observation of tiny deviations in the arrival times of radio ...

Like cosmic lighthouses sweeping the universe with bursts of energy, pulsars have fascinated and baffled astronomers since they were first discovered 50 years ago. In two studies, international teams ...

These ultra-dense remnants of massive stars emit beams of radiation like a lighthouse. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A pulsar ...

In 1992, astronomers discovered the first exoplanets in an unexpected part of the universe: around a pulsar, a rapidly spinning stellar corpse. Not many other pulsar planets have been found since then ...

"Even years after the Arecibo Observatory's collapse, its data continues to unlock critical information that can advance our understanding of the galaxy." When you purchase through links on our site, ...