Between a Nova and a Supernova: The Case of AT 2019abn
What caused this strange red transient that’s too bright to be a nova and too faint to be a typical supernova?
Neutron stars contain some of the most extreme matter in the universe, and researchers are exploring a promising but challenging way to probe their interiors.
Astrobites reports on the detection of complex molecules around a protostar in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Jets, variability, and neutrinos: dive into three recent investigations of active galactic nuclei.
An Impostor Explosion
Hoping to find the second kilonova to be detected in both gravitational waves and light, astronomers ended up with a supernova instead.
JWST’s mysterious little red dots may be evidence of black hole stars in the early universe.
Astrobites reports on whether a distant companion in a triple-star system could push the inner binary toward merging into a remnant object that emits fast radio bursts.
Observations of a galaxy cluster during the universe’s star-formation heyday give clues to the cluster’s history.
The Lucy mission has provided insights into the craters, boulders, and other surface features of the asteroid Dinkinesh and its small satellite, Selam.