Featured Image: Misalignments in a Planetary Nursery
This stunning image captures the details of a swirling disk of gas and dust around a star more than 500 light-years away.
This stunning image captures the details of a swirling disk of gas and dust around a star more than 500 light-years away.
What can radio observations tell us about very distant, quasar-hosting galaxies?
A recent study reveals details of a violent explosion that might provide clues about how massive stars are born.
Exoplanets with radii between 1.5 and 2 Earth radii are scarce! Astrobites reports on whether known planets’ environments might contribute to this radius valley.
Astronomers have drawn detailed maps of dark spots on the Sun’s surface for hundreds of years. Can computers help us to bridge between historical and modern datasets?
It’s been a year since we first discussed this unique organizational tool! Here’s a look at what’s new with the UAT.
Without a resupply source, the Moon’s surface water would vanish. What’s keeping it hydrated?
How can a cluster turn an ordinary galaxy into a mysterious, trailing creature? Astrobites reports.
A combination of observations and models reveals more about how energy is released from the Sun.
Could pairs of black holes and neutron stars alert us to their existence before they merge?
How has the availability of star-forming material in galaxies changed with time?
Though dark matter subhalos are invisible and hard to detect, astronomers have used stellar streams to make an attempt. Astrobites reports.