Rare 'Star-making Machine' Found in Distant Universe
07/10/2008

## Rare 'Star-making Machine' Found in Distant Universe

Kathy Svitil

Astronomers have uncovered an extreme stellar machine -- a galaxy in the very remote universe pumping out stars at a surprising rate of up to 4,000 per year. In comparison, our own Milky Way galaxy turns out an average of just 10 stars per year.

LIGO Observations Probe the Dynamics of the Crab Pulsar
06/02/2008

## LIGO Observations Probe the Dynamics of the Crab Pulsar

Kathy Svitil
The search for gravitational waves has revealed new information about the core of one of the most famous objects in the sky: the Crab Pulsar in the Crab Nebula. An analysis by the international LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration to be submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters has shown that no more than 4 percent of the energy loss of the pulsar is caused by the emission of gravitational waves.
Astrophysicist Wins One of First Kavli Prizes
05/30/2008