Getting to Know the Supernova Next Door: SN 2023ixf
SN 2023ixf, which was discovered in May 2023 in the Pinwheel Galaxy, is the nearest extragalactic supernova observed in almost a decade. What did early data tell us about the event?
Astrobites reports on a way to find giant planets so close to their host stars that they’re usually obscured by the star’s glare.
Researchers have identified the optical counterpart to an X-ray binary system, giving us clues about the nature of this extreme star system.
A Forge Without Iron
If you wanted to know what’s in the air of a lava planet, it wouldn’t be a good idea to go visit in person. Luckily, astronomers don’t have to.
Researchers take a wide view of an unusual repeating fast radio burst to decode the burst’s dispersed signal.
Astrobites reports on the prospect of using JWST to detect prebiosignatures: the molecules that indicate not life itself, but the possibility that life might someday form.
Why did a small galaxy stop forming stars less than 700 million years after the Big Bang? Cosmological simulations give some clues about why star formation stalled.
Quiescent elliptical galaxies might harbor a new class of rare transients called luminous fast coolers, the physical origins of which remain unknown.
Researchers have detected glycolamide, a chemical cousin to the simplest amino acid necessary for life on Earth, in the interstellar medium for the first time.