Selections from 2025: The Sun Changed Course in 2008
During the exceptionally deep solar minimum of 2008, researchers thought the Sun might be entering a prolonged period of low solar activity — but the Sun had other plans.
The repeating fast radio burst source FRB 20240209A is the only known repeating burst to come from a quiescent galaxy.
SN 2023ixf is the closest supernova in a decade. Did researchers detect gravitational waves from the explosion?
The third interstellar object to enter our solar system, 3I/ATLAS, is without a doubt one of the most fascinating astronomical discoveries of this year.
A recent study with JWST has unveiled how a reionization-era quasar has suppressed star formation in its galactic neighbors.
Researchers examine the possibility that one-off and repeating fast radio bursts could both arise from magnetars.
Astrobites reports on the Fomalhaut debris disk, which is well studied but may contain a hidden planet we haven’t seen yet.
An ongoing survey aims to detect bursts of radio emission associated with flares and coronal mass ejections from young Sun-like stars.
AT2024wpp is the most powerful fast blue optical transient spotted so far. What do extensive X-ray and radio observations tell us about this event?