Featured Image: Heat from Uranian Rings
Recent observations reveal the thermal emission from Uranus’s narrow ring system for the first time.
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Ghosts of Spiral Arms Past
Astrobites reports on a study of star clusters in the Milky Way that has uncovered a peculiar trend in the way they are arranged.
ExSS IV: Day 5
This week we’re at the ExSS IV exoplanet meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland. Follow along for some of the latest updates!
ExSS IV: Day 4
This week we’re at the ExSS IV exoplanet meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland. Follow along for some of the latest updates!
ExSS IV: Day 3
This week we’re at the ExSS IV exoplanet meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland. Follow along for some of the latest updates!
ExSS IV: Day 2
This week we’re at the ExSS IV exoplanet meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland. Follow along for some of the latest updates!
ExSS IV: Day 1
This week we’re at the ExSS IV exoplanet meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland. Follow along for some of the latest updates!
ExSS IV: Welcome!
This week we’re at the ExSS IV exoplanet meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland. Follow along for some of the latest updates!
Launching a Stellar Superflare
Superflares are immense stellar outbursts that are often accompanied by coronal mass ejections. What can we learn from simulations of these energetic events?
A Nearby Stellar Stream Gets Carded
The Pisces–Eridanus stellar stream may try to pass itself off as a billion years old, but scientists are calling its bluff.
Does an AGN Help or Hurt Star Formation?
Astrobites reports on how the impressive twin outflows created by an energetic galaxy nucleus might affect its star formation.
Featured Image: Growing Globular Clusters from Mergers
Could globular clusters rise from the wreckage of a dwarf-galaxy collision? New simulations are helping us to find out.