galaxy UGC 5189A, host of the supernova SN 2010jl
Features

A Seriously Dusty Supernova

A supernova discovered in 2010 appears to have created tens of thousands of Earth masses of dust.

NGC 1068

Astrobites reports on whether the correlation between galactic radio, infrared, and gamma-ray emission is truly a sign that cosmic-ray electrons deposit all their energy before they can escape to intergalactic space.

A rendering of a small star surrounded by a ring of gas and some larger asteroids.
Features

Finishing Off an Asteroid

Astronomers may have spotted the crumbs of a recently eaten asteroid around a white dwarf star.

The cosmic web

Using fast radio bursts, researchers have measured just how empty cosmic voids truly are.

Arp 142

Astrobites reports on a whodunit of cosmic significance: who killed star formation in massive elliptical galaxies?

solar corona during a solar eclipse

Citizen scientists from the Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative recorded nearly an hour of coronal behavior during the 8 April 2024 solar eclipse.

240P
Features

Spying on a Split Comet

A recent study investigated the possible mechanisms that caused a known Jupiter-family comet to split in two.

Illustration of gravitational waves emanating from a pair of black holes approaching a merger

A recent Focus Issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters introduces the fourth version of the gravitational wave transient catalog from the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA collaborations.