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Neutron Star Merger is Science’s Breakthrough of the Year
A neutron star collision detected by gravitational waves is Science's 2017 Breakthrough of the Year.
Scallop Eyes Mirror Reflecting Telescopes
AAAS Contributes to Rebuilding of Puerto Rico’s Scientific Infrastructure
AAAS has made a $10,000 donation to the AAAS Caribbean Division to help the Puerto Rican scientific enterprise rebuild in the wake Hurricane Maria.
Workshop in Namibia brings together high-level scientists, policymakers, and diplomats from 17 African countries
Searching for Extraterrestrial Contact
George Djorgovski looks for knowledge hidden in data
A star is born: The first images from ALMA
SETI Debates the Wisdom of Revealing Ourselves to the Galaxy
Shutdown Enters Week 2: Roundup
Science: Volunteers Find Rare Pulsar in Arecibo Data

A massive computing project that pools the collective power of hundreds of thousands of computers owned by volunteers from 192 different countries to “mine” large data sets has discovered a rare, isolated pulsar with a very low magnetic field, researchers say. This international computing network is known as Einstein@Home and the pulsar it identified, called PSR J2007+2722, represents the volunteer project’s first deep-space discovery.