Astronomers

This Bite is part of Astrobites’ ongoing efforts to celebrate all cultures and identities in astronomy—specifically, we’re highlighting disabled astronomers and those fighting for disability justice in the field this month for…

Earlier this year, astronomers announced the discovery of an unusually compact “one of a kind” system of three stars. It was a unique combination of a binary set of stars and a revolving bigger star that puzzled the scientists that…

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Stars don’t usually evolve fast enough for humans to notice them change within one lifetime. Even a hundred lifetimes won’t do – astronomical processes are just too slow. But not always. There are some phases of stellar evolution that…

A team of astronomers have used the ALMA telescope to find a slowly-rotating galaxy in the early Universe. That galaxy is the youngest ever found with a measured rotation, and it's much slower than present-day galaxies.  All galaxies…

Far out in the Milky Way, roughly 22,000 light years from Earth, a star unlike any other roars with a magnetic force that beats anything physicists have ever seen. At a whopping 1.6 billion Tesla, a pulsar called Swift J0243.6+6124…

Astronomers have measured the strongest magnetic field ever found in the universe. The honor goes to a powerful type of neutron star, with a surface magnetic field of over 1.6 billion Tesla.The newly crowned record-holder is a binary…

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How could we not hook you up with this deal? The Celestron SkyMaster Pro 20x80 binoculars (opens in new tab) were designed with astronomers in mind. All of the SkyMaster Pro range is a popular choice amongst astronomers as they allow…

A tradition of bringing new and passionate stargazers into the hobby is still going strong after 35 years. The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will be holding free public Star Parties on Friday and Saturday at the…