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Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Gabriella Agazie
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
2
Shokhzod Jumaniyozov
New Uzbekistan University
3
Mathias Driesse
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
4
Sergi Navarro Albalat
The University of Texas at Austin
5
Yilber Fabian Bautista
Perimeter Institute
6
C.-H. Niu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
7
Luciano Combi
Perimeter Institute
8
Nicholas Kaaz
Princeton University
9
Khadije Jafarzade
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences
10
Merce Guerrero
Applications Research (United States)

Papers

1
Comparing Recent Pulsar Timing Array Results on the Nanohertz Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background
The Astrophysical Journal|2024
104 cit.
2
Conservative Black Hole Scattering at Fifth Post-Minkowskian and First Self-Force Order
Physical Review Letters|2024
89 cit.
3
Publication in Physical review. D/Physical review. D. (2024) [66 citations, W4396219165]
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.|2024
66 cit.
4
Publication in The European Physical Journal C (2024) [62 citations, W4402927073]
The European Physical Journal C|2024
62 cit.
5
Emergence of Calabi–Yau manifolds in high-precision black-hole scattering
Nature|2025
61 cit.
6
Publication in The European Physical Journal C (2025) [49 citations, W4407075796]
The European Physical Journal C|2025
49 cit.
7
Publication in The European Physical Journal C (2024) [36 citations, W4393005325]
The European Physical Journal C|2024
36 cit.
8
Publication in The European Physical Journal C (2025) [29 citations, W4412584391]
The European Physical Journal C|2025
29 cit.
9
The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Search for Gravitational Wave Memory
The Astrophysical Journal|2024
26 cit.
10
The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Transverse Polarization Modes in the Gravitational-wave Background
The Astrophysical Journal Letters|2024
22 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Paul Yamaguchi
Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
2
Milagros Zeballos
National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics
3
A. V. Zwaniga
McGill University
4
M. Teo
Stanford University
5
C. Adams
LIGO Scientific Collaboration
6
Kenta Hotokezaka
The University of Tokyo
7
Dillon Brout
Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
8
Alexandru Lupsasca
Vanderbilt University
9
Devin D. Whitten
University of Notre Dame
10
Minghao Yue
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology

Papers

1
First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way
The Astrophysical Journal Letters|2022
1.8k cit.
2
The Pantheon+ Analysis: Cosmological Constraints
The Astrophysical Journal|2022
1.2k cit.
3
Little Red Dots: An Abundant Population of Faint Active Galactic Nuclei at z ∼ 5 Revealed by the EIGER and FRESCO JWST Surveys
The Astrophysical Journal|2024
467 cit.
4
CHIME/FRB Discovery of 25 Repeating Fast Radio Burst Sources
The Astrophysical Journal|2023
155 cit.
5
The Pantheon+ Analysis: SuperCal-fragilistic Cross Calibration, Retrained SALT2 Light-curve Model, and Calibration Systematic Uncertainty
The Astrophysical Journal|2022
152 cit.
6
Stacking X-Ray Observations of “Little Red Dots”: Implications for Their Active Galactic Nucleus Properties
The Astrophysical Journal Letters|2024
118 cit.
7
EIGER. V. Characterizing the Host Galaxies of Luminous Quasars at z ≳ 6
The Astrophysical Journal|2024
95 cit.
8
A Sudden Period of High Activity from Repeating Fast Radio Burst 20201124A
The Astrophysical Journal|2022
77 cit.
9
Tellurium emission line in kilonova AT 2017gfo
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters|2023
55 cit.
10
Determining the Hubble constant without the sound horizon: A <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3.6</mml:mn><mml:mo>%</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> constraint on <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msub><mml:mi>H</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> from galaxy surveys, CMB lensing, and supernovae
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.|2022
49 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
J. Zweizig
California Institute of Technology
2
Lars Hernquist
Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
3
A. C. Fabian
University of Groningen
4
Ramesh Narayan
Woodwell Climate Research Center
5
Saul A. Teukolsky
California Institute of Technology
6
R. Sunyaev
Space Research Institute
7
M. van der Klis
University of Amsterdam
8
Mitchell C. Begelman
University of California, Berkeley
9
Abraham Loeb
Harvard University Press
10
Donald G. York
UC Davis Health

Papers

1
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
Physical Review Letters|2016
14.3k cit.
2
Savitzky-Golay Smoothing Filters
Computers in Physics|1990
11.8k cit.
3
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
The Astronomical Journal|2000
10.5k cit.
4
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
Physical Review Letters|2017
9.6k cit.
5
Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology|2004
4k cit.
6
GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs
Physical Review X|2019
3.6k cit.
7
GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence
Physical Review Letters|2016
3.5k cit.
8
Advanced LIGO
Classical and Quantum Gravity|2015
3.4k cit.
9
Energy input from quasars regulates the growth and activity of black holes and their host galaxies
Nature|2005
3.4k cit.
10
An analytical model for spherical galaxies and bulges
The Astrophysical Journal|1990
3.1k cit.

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