Astronomers Measure Turnover in Initial Mass Function for the First Time
When a gas cloud collapses to form a star cluster, how many objects form, and what are their masses? Research published today provides answers about the low-mass end of the star and brown dwarf formation process.
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Astrobites reports on an intriguing new object that may be an early universe supermassive black hole shedding its gas cocoon.
Researchers investigate the possibility that the off-center black hole and double nucleus of NGC 4486B can be traced to a recent supermassive black hole merger.
A recent study uses high-resolution JWST observations to perform an atmospheric analysis of a rare exoplanet orbiting a dead star.
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.