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Tomasz Nowakowski

Tomasz Nowakowski

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Tomasz is a long-time space enthusiast and amateur astronomer. He founded and managed Astro Watch for nearly a decade - one of the premier astronomy and science-related blogs. Tomasz has been freelancing since 2011, writing for many media outlets, including SpaceFlight Insider and Science 2.0.

Articles by Tomasz Nowakowski

Phys.org / Observations detect a new long-period radio transient associated with supernova remnant G22.7-0.2

Using the DAocheng Radio Telescope (DART), Chinese astronomers have detected a long-period transient event. The newfound transient, which received designation DART J1832-0911, has a period of approximately 44 minutes and ...

Dec 3, 2024
Phys.org / Observations shed more light on the properties of three-planet system TOI-396

An international team of astronomers has investigated a planetary system consisting of three alien worlds orbiting the star TOI-396. The study, published Nov. 22 on the pre-print server arXiv, provides the first mass measurements ...

Dec 2, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers investigate the evolution of a supersoft X-ray source

Using ESA's XMM-Newton satellite and NASA's Chandra spacecraft, German astronomers have observed a supersoft X-ray source designated RX J0513.9−6951. Results of the observations, published on the arXiv preprint server, shed ...

Nov 28, 2024
Phys.org / Webb observations explore the Westerlund 1 star cluster

An international team of astronomers has employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a supermassive Galactic open cluster known as Westerlund 1. Results of the observational campaign, presented in a paper published ...

Nov 27, 2024
Phys.org / Observations detect the lowest mass ratio contact binary to date

Astronomers from China and South Korea report the detection of a contact binary system with an extremely low mass ratio of only 0.0356. The newfound system, which received the designation TYC 3801-1529-1, is therefore the ...

Nov 26, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers discover a rare group of dwarf galaxies

Astronomers from the Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea and elsewhere have discovered a rare isolated group of five star-forming dwarf galaxies in the local universe. The finding was reported in a research paper published ...

Nov 25, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers detect a distant young super-Jupiter exoplanet

An international team of astronomers has reported the detection of a new super-Jupiter exoplanet as part of the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). The newfound alien world, located some 1,430 light years away, is nearly ...

Nov 21, 2024
Phys.org / Observations inspect double-lined spectroscopic binary HD 34736

Using various telescopes, an international team of astronomers has conducted a comprehensive study of a double-lined spectroscopic binary known as HD 34736. The study, published November 6 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal ...

Nov 20, 2024
Phys.org / New giant radio galaxy discovered with MeerKAT

An international team of astronomers has employed the MeerKAT radio telescope to investigate giant radio galaxies in the field of the Cosmological Evolution Survey (COSMOS). They found a new giant radio galaxy that had not ...

Nov 19, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers discover a unique quasi-stellar object–dusty star-forming galaxy system

Astronomers from the Steward Observatory in Arizona and elsewhere report the discovery of a structure consisting of a quasi-stellar object (QSO) and a dusty star-forming galaxy (DSFG), linked by a bridge of ionized carbon. ...

Nov 18, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers inspect the nature of an X-ray binary with a red supergiant

An international team of astronomers has conducted a multiwavelength study of an X-ray binary designated 1eRASS J085039.9-421151. Results of the study, published Nov. 4 on the preprint server arXiv, yield new information ...

Nov 14, 2024
Phys.org / Observations explore icy protoplanetary disk of the star PDS 453

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), an international team of astronomers has inspected an icy protoplanetary disk of a young star known as PDS 453. Results of the new study, published on the preprint server arXiv, yield ...

Nov 13, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers investigate long-term variability of blazar AO 0235+164

Astronomers have performed a comprehensive multiwavelength study of an extremely variable blazar known as AO 0235+164. Results of the new study, published Nov. 3 on the preprint server arXiv, shed more light on the long-term ...

Nov 12, 2024
Phys.org / Quasi-periodic eruptions from eRO-QPE2 are remarkably stable, study finds

An international team of astronomers has inspected long-term evolution of quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) from a QPE source designated eRO-QPE2. The study found that QPEs from this source are remarkably stable over the investigated ...

Nov 11, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers discover a new repeating fast radio burst

Using the CHIME telescope, an international team of astronomers has detected a new repeating fast radio burst (FRBs) source in the outskirts of a quiescent galaxy. The finding of a new FRB, which experienced 22 repeating ...

Nov 7, 2024