astrophysics

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Initially believed to be interference, the signals turned out to be the first evidence of pulsars, rapidly spinning neutron stars that opened a new field of astrophysics.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

The work, presented at the international supercomputing conference SC '25, marks a major step forward for astrophysics, high-performance computing, and AI-assisted modeling.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025

Bowling balls on a good length that move slightly away is hardly cricketing astrophysics.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Sally Ride, an L.A. native who held a doctorate in astrophysics from Stanford, was also the youngest American in space when she flew aboard the Challenger in June 1983.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

By this time, too, astrophysics had moved on so much that few astronomers wanted to devote their lives to anything as mundane as rocky planetoids.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson