A graph of Chandra data and a fit to the data superimposed on an image that combines x-ray, IR, and radio data. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/ICRAR, Curtin Univ./Z. Wang et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/CalTech/IPAC; Radio: SARAO/MeerKAT; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk I try to give stories titles that prepare your brain for just what I’m going to talk about. This object… I got nothing. Astronomers using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory have discovered a long-period radio Transit that also blasts out X-rays. Long Period Radio Transits are mysterious objects that blast radio signals for a few...

Artist’s impression of the different layers inside a massive neutron star, with the red circle representing a sizable quark-matter core. Credit: Jyrki Hokkanen, CSC Ok, hold onto your brains; things are about to get dense around here. Our universe’s most massive stars...

Visualization of a binary star experiencing mass transfer. Credit: Ylva Götberg One factor upping the difficulty of understanding our universe is… the complexity of our universe. It sometimes feels like every time we think we’re getting a handle on how things work,...