Scientists Finally Crack the Mystery of the Crab Pulsar’s “Zebra Stripes” After 20 Years

A mysterious striped signal from the Crab Pulsar may finally be explained by a delicate balance between plasma effects and gravitational lensing.

Astronomers Spot a Record-Breaking 'Space Laser' 8 Billion Light-Years Away

The light from this event has traveled 7.82 billion light-years to reach the MeerKAT radio telescope, surpassing the previous ...

'Collective hum' of black holes could mend our broken understanding of the universe

Ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves may be the key to solving the Hubble tension — one of the biggest nagging problems in physics.
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Studying the detectability of gravitational waves from the post-merger phase in binary neutron star signals

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. We study the detectability of next-generation gravitational wave detectors by analyzing 10 post-merger signals in binary neutron ...

Hubble Constant Puzzle Deepens as Supernova and CMB Measurements Clash

Astronomers are exploring a new way to measure the universe’s expansion rate using the gravitational-wave background detected ...

Curiosity Stream Celebrates the 100th Episode of "Breakthrough" with a Powerful New Space Exploration Special

SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2026 / Curiosity Stream is marking a major milestone with the premiere of the 100th episode of its award-winning original series Breakthrough.