New Discoveries from Old Spacecraft
The Voyager probes, launched more than 40 years ago, are still providing new insights.
The Voyager probes, launched more than 40 years ago, are still providing new insights.
Astrobites reports on a machine-learning approach to explore light emitted from the gas distributed throughout galaxy clusters.
Could a pair of faint signals correspond to the first collision we’ve detected of a black hole with a neutron star?
Starspots on M dwarfs could be mistaken for planets. How do we distinguish the two?
The size of a supermassive black hole seems to track with the size of its host galaxy. But is this a statistical fluke, or is there a physical reason for the connection?
M dwarfs are known to be highly active when they’re young, which is bad for habitability. But what about old M dwarfs? Astrobites reports.
This dramatic simulation shows how the escape of blobs of plasma from a magnetar could produce fast radio bursts.
Are the winds emanating from the active nucleus of a galaxy strong enough to shut off star formation? Astrobites reports.
What as-yet unidentified molecules lurk in the dark clouds of our nearby universe? Answering this requires observation, experiment, and theory — and GOTHAM is on the case.
Just how spherical are neutron stars? Astrobites reports on how we can measure spherical perfection for objects hundreds of light-years away.
In the census of our solar neighborhood we’re missing a key population: the coolest, dimmest substar dwarfs that lurk nearby. A citizen science project has now tackled this problem.
What does a fast radio burst look like at different frequencies? And what can that tell us about them?