activity
20202026
most citedA bright millisecond-duration radio burst from a Galactic magnetar

745 citations · 1.1k across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Twin Impact Lunar Telescope network: Lunar Impact Flash observations of the 2025 Geminids

Daniel Sheward, Marco Delbo, Chrysa Avdellidou +23

Meteoroid impacts on the Moon, observed from Earth as flashes typically lasting a few tens of milliseconds, have been monitored for three decades for determining meteoroids' size a…

astro-ph.EP2026

Observational planning for the 2026 August 5 Falcon 9 Upper Stage lunar impact

Benjamin Fernando, Jennifer Heldmann, Bill Grey +20

On 2026 August 5, at approximately 06:35 UT, a spent Falcon 9 upper stage will impact the lunar surface near Einstein Crater. This event will occur on sunlit terrain near the easte…

astro-ph.EP2023

Extending Lunar Impact Flash Observations into the Daytime with Short-Wave Infrared

Daniel Sheward, Marco Delbo, Chrysa Avdellidou +7

Lunar impact flash (LIF) observations typically occur in R, I, or unfiltered light, and are only possible during night, targeting the night side of a 10-60% illumination Moon, whil…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 4 cited

PyNAPLE: Lunar Surface Impact Crater Detection

Daniel Sheward, Chrysa Avdellidou, Anthony Cook +4

In the last 20 years, over 600 impact flashes have been documented on the lunar surface. This wealth of data presents a unique opportunity to study the meteoroid flux of the Earth-…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 236 cited

A nearby repeating fast radio burst in the direction of M81

M. Bhardwaj, B. M. Gaensler, V. M. Kaspi +23

We report on the discovery of FRB 20200120E, a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) with low dispersion measure (DM), detected by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CH…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 745 cited

A bright millisecond-duration radio burst from a Galactic magnetar

FRB Collaboration, B. C. Andersen, K. M. Bandura +68

Magnetars are highly magnetized young neutron stars that occasionally produce enormous bursts and flares of X-rays and gamma-rays. Of the approximately thirty magnetars currently k…