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Exploring how stars determine their own masses

Last year, an astrophysicist team led by Northwestern University launched STARFORGE, a project that produces the most realistic, high-resolution 3D simulations of star formation to date. Scientists have now used the highly detailed simulations to solve the mystery of what determines the masses of...

Exploring the origin of ‘black widow’ pulsars

Ph.D. candidate GUO Yunlang and Prof. WANG Bo of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Yunnan Observatories investigated the formation of black widow pulsars using ultracompact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) with He star companions. This paper was published in the Royal Astronomical Society's Monthly Notices. Millisecond pulsars (MSPs)...

Prospecting for interstellar oil

We have developed a new method for searching for carbon compounds in space, similar to how oil is discovered on Earth. Our method was published in the Royal Astronomical Society's Monthly Notices. Huge amounts of interstellar gas and dust exist between the stars, spread thinly...