News

Results

• "Detective astronomers unearth hidden celestial gem" (ESA media release)
• "The Milky Way is twice the size we thought it was" (U. Sydney media release)
• "Pulsed heartbeat of a weird new type of star" (ESA media release)
• "Distant ball of dust not dusty enough" (UC Berkeley media release)
• "The case of the neutron star with a wayward wake" (NASA media release; Astromomy Picture of the Day)
• "Bryan Gaensler receives 2006 AAS Newton Lacy Pierce Prize" (CfA media release)
• Chandra Chronicles Spotlight
• "Hassled galaxy thriving on chaos" (CSIRO media release)
• "Fastest Pulsar Speeding Out of Galaxy, Astronomers Discover" (NRAO press release)
• "Dying star flares up, briefly outshining rest of Galaxy" (New York Times news article)
• "Biggest stars produce strongest magnets" (CfA media release)
• "Pulsar Gives Insight on Ultra-Dense Matter and Magnetic Fields" (NASA media release; Astronomy Picture of the Day)
• "The Mouse That Soared" (NASA media release)
• "Australian Astronomers Discover Milky Way Border" (Reuters news article)
• "Chandra Finds Rich Oxygen Supply Inside Glowing Ring" (NASA media release)
• "A Cocoon Found Inside the Black Widow's Web" (NASA media release)
• "Keep Up With Your Math, and Give Physics a Try Too" (Chandra Chronicles)
• "Cosmic X-rays reveal evidence for new form of matter" (NASA media release)
• "Age Discrepancy throws pulsar theories into turmoil" (NRAO media release)
• "Chandra maps vital elements from supernova" (NASA media release)
• "New Australia Telescope eyes look at exploded star" (CSIRO media release)
• "Elements in the aftermath" (Astronomy Picture of the Day)
• "Chandra examines a quadrillion-volt pulsar" (NASA media release; Astronomy Picture of the Day)

Weekly Meetings

• Group meetings: 3.00pm every Wednesday in room C-34
• CfA/MIT Joint Seminar Series on Neutron Stars and Supernova Remnants: 3.00pm on Mondays in Phillips

Upcoming Conferences

• International Astronomy Meetings from CADC