Features

Mapping Eruptions on Enceladus

Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus was the first moon in the solar system known to spout plumes of water ice and vapor. A new study investigates the behavior of these plumes and the network of fissures from which they emerge.

graphics showing the predicted and actual paths of Weywot's stellar occultations

Researchers observed Weywot, the largest moon of the dwarf planet Quaoar, as it briefly blotted out the light from a star.

NGC 972

A recent study looks at the star and dust morphologies across samples of massive galaxies to understand how dusty star-forming galaxies fit into the picture of massive galaxy evolution.

Rubin Observatory with star trails

During its commissioning phase, the highly anticipated Vera C. Rubin Observatory serendipitously spotted the third known interstellar object.

illustration of an exoplanet and exomoon around a star

Astrobites reports on how JWST may be the key to finding moons around planets beyond our solar system.

giant elliptical galaxy

New observations from JWST and the Very Large Telescope illuminate the dark feature at the center of a galaxy cluster’s brightest occupant.

A photograph of a telescope opened at dusk.

More than a quarter century ago, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey fundamentally changed the way modern astronomy research is done. The collaboration recently released their summary of the fifth generation of their landmark survey.

illustration of a white dwarf surrounded by rocky debris

Recent work explores whether a commonly assumed source of data–model disagreement in simulations of stellar interiors is really to blame.

galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223
Astrobites

Feed the Fire, Fade the Metals

Astrobites reports on whether cosmic clumps are “homegrown” or fueled by fresh inflows.