Jon Voisey
The Sun’s Heartbeat
Within our own lives, one of the most powerful forces is that of the Sun. Directly or indirectly, it provides…
A Glitch in Pulsar J1718-3718
[/caption] Pulsars are noted as being some of the universe's best clocks. Their highly magnetized nature gives rise to beams…
More to Meets the Eye in M33
The spiral galaxy M33 is one of the largest galaxies in our local group. This spiral galaxy is moderately tilted…
Star Forming Density – How Low Can You Go?
[/caption] The general picture of star formation envisions stars emerging in clusters, having condensed from cores of gas under self…
Globular Clusters and the Age-Metallicity Relation
[/caption] Globular Clusters have a story to tell. These dense clumps of thousands of stars are relics of the…
Slowing Down Stars
[/caption] One of the long standing challenges in stellar astronomy, is explaining why stars rotate so slowly. Given their large…
Rocky, Low-Mass Planet Discovered by Microlensing
[/caption] In planet hunting today, there seems to be one burning question that nearly every new article published touches…
How Much Do Binary Stars Shape Planetary Nebulae?
[/caption] Planetary nebulae come in a dazzling array of shapes, from spherical shells of gas, to blobby structures barely containing…
Measuring Fundamental Constants with Methanol
[/caption] Key to the astronomical modeling process by which scientists attempt to understand our universe, is a comprehensive knowledge of…
What’s up with Iapetus?
[/caption] Although Saturn's moon Iapetus was first discovered in 1671 by Giovanni Cassini, its behavior was extremely odd. Cassini was…