What is Einstein@Home?

Einstein@Home uses your computer's idle time to search for weak astrophysical signals from spinning neutron stars (often called pulsars) using data from the LIGO gravitational-wave detectors, the MeerKAT radio telescope, the Fermi gamma-ray satellite, as well as archival data from the Arecibo radio telescope.

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Einstein@Home's most sensitive continuous gravitational-wave search

February 23, 2026

The results of Einstein@Home's deepest search yet for elusive continuous gravitational waves were recently published inĀ ...

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Einstein@Home probes the Galactic center gamma-ray glow

November 21, 2025

The results from an Einstein@Home search for a proposed, hidden millisecond pulsar population near the center of the Milky Way have been...

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