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Graphs showing ellipticity as a function of rotational frequency.

The volunteer distributed computing project enables a close look at central compact objects in Cassiopeia A, Vela Jr., and G347.3-0.5. more

Graph of amplitude limit as a function of signal frequency with data points and stars indicating hardware injections.

Max Planck scientists used a distributed volunteer computing project and three supercomputers to conduct the deepest all-sky search yet for elusive continuous gravitational waves. more

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The Hawking Legacy
A scientific meeting and get-together
10-14 December 2025
AEI Hannover
Germany

Former PhD students of the renowned physicist meet at the AEI more

Four pulsar data charts.

The volunteer computing project searched for members of a proposed, hidden millisecond pulsar population near the center of the Milky Way. more

Three contour plots with marginalized probability density on two sides.

Enhanced noise modeling improves the agreement between data and predictions for a gravitational-wave background from coalescing supermassive black hole binaries. more

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