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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 / Astronomers discover a bright pulse that may be a fast radio burst

Searching for pulsars using the Large Phased Array (LPA) radio telescope, Russian astronomers have detected a bright pulse at a frequency of 111 MHz, which appears to be a fast radio burst event. The finding was reported ...

Oct 24, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers observe cloud-cloud collisions in the interstellar bubble N59

Using the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), Chinese astronomers have observed a mid-infrared interstellar bubble known as N59. They detected multiple cloud-cloud collisions that may be behind star formation processes in ...

Oct 23, 2024
Phys.org / Observations explore the nature of stellar stream Icarus

Astronomers from Italy and Chile have investigated an accreted stellar stream named Icarus in the Milky Way's disk. Results of the study, detailed in a research paper published October 16 on the preprint server arXiv, yield ...

Oct 22, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers explore the properties of an obscured hyperluminous quasar

Astronomers from the European University Cyprus and the University of Hawaii have investigated a recently discovered obscured hyperluminous quasar known as COS-87259. Results of the study, published October 14 in the Monthly ...

Oct 21, 2024
Phys.org / Second exoplanet detected orbiting an early G-type star

Astronomers report the detection of a second exoplanet orbiting a G-type star known as TIC 393818343, located some 300 light years away. The newfound alien world is about three times less massive than Jupiter. The finding ...

Oct 17, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomer detects eclipses in a candidate cataclysmic variable system

Russian astronomer Valerij Kozhevnikov has performed photometric observations of a candidate cataclysmic variable known as LAMOST J035913.61+405035.0. He detected 14 eclipses of this system. The finding was reported in a ...

Oct 16, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers detect very-high-energy gamma-ray emission surrounding distant pulsar

Using the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), an international team of astronomers have detected very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays around the pulsar PSR J0248+6021, which may be the pulsar's halo or a pulsar ...

Oct 15, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers observe a strong superflare from giant star

Using the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) and various ground-based telescopes, an international team of astronomers have performed observations of a strong X-ray superflare which occurred in 2022 on a giant ...

Oct 14, 2024
Phys.org / Study investigates very metal-poor star HE 2315−4240

Based on the data from the Magellan-Clay telescope in Chile, astronomers have performed a chemo-dynamical study of a very metal-poor star known as HE 2315−4240. Results of the study, published on the preprint server arXiv, ...

Oct 13, 2024
Phys.org / Team discovers three new magnetic and helium-enriched hot subdwarf stars

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of three new helium-enriched hot subdwarf stars with strong magnetic fields. The finding, made with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), is detailed in a ...

Oct 9, 2024
Phys.org / Anti-glitches detected in gamma-ray pulsar PSR J1522-5735

By analyzing the data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Russian astronomers have detected anti-glitches in a gamma-ray pulsar designated PSR J1522-5735. The discovery, published September 28 on the pre-print server ...

Oct 8, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers investigate the nature of a fast-spinning intermediate polar

Using various X-ray space observatories, astronomers from Columbia University in New York and elsewhere have investigated CTCV J2056–3014—an intermediate polar containing one of the fastest-spinning white dwarfs. Results ...

Oct 7, 2024
Phys.org / Astronomers detect multiple extended tidal tails in an old globular cluster

By analyzing the data from various astronomical surveys, astronomers have investigated an old globular cluster known as NGC 288. As a result, they detected multiple extended tidal tails associated with this cluster. The finding ...

Oct 6, 2024
Phys.org / Large radio bubble detected in galaxy NGC 4217

An international team of astronomers has performed radio observations of a star-forming galaxy known as NGC 4217. The observational campaign detected a large radio bubble in the galaxy's halo. The finding was reported in ...

Oct 5, 2024
Phys.org / New super-Neptune exoplanet discovered

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new super-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star. The newly detected alien world, which received the designation TOI-5005 b, is about six times larger ...

Oct 2, 2024