We report the discovery of a new black-widow millisecond pulsar, PSR J1544–2555, associated with the Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) source 4FGL J1544.2–2554. Optical, radio, and gamma-ray observations confirmed its nature as a compact spider binary system. Optical photometry from ULTRACAM revealed a $\sim$2.7-h orbital period, guiding MeerKAT

The Gaia BP/RP spectra provide an excellent opportunity to search for extremely metal-poor (EMP; [M/H] ≤ –3.0) stars. In this study, we assess the potential of our Gaia BP/RP-based candidate catalog, vetting newly identified EMP candidates with higher-resolution follow-up observations. The candidates are selected based on the metallicity derived

Observations and high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations indicate that massive star clusters form through a complex hierarchical assembly. We use simulations including post-Newtonian dynamics (the BIFROST code) and stellar evolution (the SEVN module) to investigate this collisional assembly. With a full initial stellar mass function, we study

We report the discovery of a new directly imaged brown-dwarf companion with Keck/NIRC2+pyWFS around a nearby mid-type M-dwarf LSPM J1446+4633 (hereafter J1446). The L ' -band contrast (4.5 × 10 ‑3) is consistent with a ∼20–60 M Jup object at 1–10 Gyr and our two-epoch NIRC2 data suggest a ∼30% (∼3.1σ) variability in its L ' -band flux. We

Long-period radio transients (LPTs) are periodic radio sources showing pulsed emission on time-scales from minutes to hours. The underlying sources behind this emission are currently unclear. There are two leading candidates: neutron stars or white dwarfs. Neutron stars could emit at LPT time-scales as magnetars, binaries, or precessing sources

Increasing space activities, especially in low-Earth orbits (LEO), lead to more orbital debris and night-sky pollution. Spectroscopic analysis of light reflected from artificial space objects can aid to identify dominant surface materials and their reflective properties. Satellites interact with sunlight in diffuse and specular reflections, which