Featured Image: Formation of the First Binaries
When primordial gas clouds collapse and fragment in the early universe, the resulting massive stars may form with friends.
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Pulsar Discovery from an Enormous Telescope
Pulsars in distant globular clusters are a challenge to detect — but it’s a job made easier by the world’s largest filled-aperture radio telescope.
Observations of Betelgeuse’s Dimming from the Stratosphere
An airplane-borne telescope is being used to learn more about why the red supergiant Betelgeuse suddenly dimmed in recent months.
How It’s Made, Fast Radio Burst Edition
Fast radio bursts are among the most dramatic phenomena in the universe, but we still don’t know what causes them. Does FRB 181112 hold the key? Astrobites reports.
Astronomy Impacts of Satellite Megaconstellations
A recent study explores how SpaceX’s Starlink satellites and other megaconstellations will impact astronomical observations in the future.
Merger Partners? Maybe.
Could the participants in binary black hole mergers be picky about who they merge with?
Jets from a Galaxy Collision
New observations confirm a long-theorized link between galaxy mergers and the launch of powerful relativistic jets.
You’ve Got a Friend in Me: A Hot Jupiter with a Unique Companion
Astrobites reports on a unique system called TOI-1130, which contains both a hot Jupiter and a mini-Neptune.
Featured Image: A Distant Cluster Tips the Scales
Scientists have now carefully weighed the most massive distant galaxy cluster known.
Peering Into the Atmosphere of the Hottest Planet Known
What’s going on inside the atmosphere of KELT-9b, the hottest exoplanet known? New observations give us a look.
New Evidence for a Middleweight Black Hole
Do mid-sized black holes exist? A new study has found solid evidence of an intermediate mass black hole indulging in a snack.
Interstellar Travel with Sailing (Space) Ships
Astrobites reports on how sailing spaceships could be propelled by photons and particles from astrophysical sources, potentially approaching the speed of light.