The central question in the ongoing hunt for dark matter is: what is it made of? One possible answer is that dark matter consists of particles known as axions.
Tag: Pulsars
Quest for alien signals in the heart of the Milky Way takes off
Akshay Suresh, a graduate student at Cornell University, spearheads an extraordinary scientific endeavor — a groundbreaking mission to uncover periodic signals emanating from the core of the Milky Way called the Breakthrough Listen Investigation for Periodic Spectral Signals (BLIPSS).
Astronomers Find Evidence for Most Powerful Pulsar in Distant Galaxy
Astronomers using data from the VLA Sky Survey have discovered one of the youngest known neutron stars — possibly as young as only 14 years. It was revealed when bright radio emission emerged from behind a thick shell of explosion debris.
Astrophysicist named international Highly Cited Researcher
Maura McLaughlin has been named a 2020 Highly Cited Researcher by Web of Science, one of the world’s top research awards.