Tomasz Nowakowski

1 week ago | phys.org | Tomasz Nowakowski |Sadie Harley |Robert Egan

Using the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), Chinese astronomers have observed an X-ray binary system designated IGR J19294+1816. As a result, they discovered multiple X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations in this source. The finding was reported in a paper published June 6 on the arXiv pre-print server.

2 weeks ago | phys.org | Tomasz Nowakowski |Sadie Harley |Robert Egan

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected three new hot Jupiter exoplanets orbiting three distant K dwarf stars. The finding was reported in a research paper published June 5 on the arXiv pre-print server.

2 weeks ago | phys.org | Tomasz Nowakowski |Stephanie Baum |Robert Egan

Russian astronomers from the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI) have analyzed long-term observational data of a peculiar microquasar designated SS 433. Results of the new study, published May 13 in the Physics-Uspekhi journal, deliver important insights into the nature of this object.

2 weeks ago | phys.org | Tomasz Nowakowski |Stephanie Baum |Robert Egan

Astronomers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in India and elsewhere have employed the Devasthal Fast Optical Telescope (DFOT) to conduct long-term photometric observations of an open cluster known as Berkeley 65. Results of the observations, published May 30 on the arXiv preprint server, shed more light on the properties of this cluster.

2 weeks ago | phys.org | Tomasz Nowakowski |Sadie Harley |Robert Egan

Astronomers have conducted very long baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations of an active galaxy known as Markarian 110. As a result, they detected a relativistic jet in this galaxy. The finding was reported in a research paper published June 4 on the arXiv pre-print server.