Drawing Back the Curtain on Solar Spicules
Why do spicules — tiny spikes of plasma on the Sun — appear to rotate, split, and merge? New simulations reveal the possible cause of these motions.
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The Invisible Architecture Between the Stars
Astrobites reports on why interstellar magnetic fields can appear ordered or tangled, depending on which gas clouds you measure and how.
A Pulsar in a Rare Triple System
Researchers have discovered a millisecond pulsar with two stellar companions — one of only a handful of these rapidly spinning stellar remnants known to be in a triple system.
Tilting WASP-12b Doesn’t Solve the Mystery of Its Inspiral
The hot Jupiter WASP-12b is on a collision course with its host star, and it’s heading that way faster than expected. New research examines a possible explanation for the planet’s speedy inspiraling.
Featured Image: Echoes of Giant Pulses
A new catalog of giant pulses from the Crab Nebula pulsar reveals a feature predicted to exist but not seen until now.
SPHEREx: The Niftiest Space Telescope You May Not Have Heard Of
Astrobites reports on NASA’s SPHEREx mission, which is collecting an infrared spectrum for every point in the sky — potentially revolutionizing our understanding of cosmic inflation, galaxy formation, and interstellar ices.
Supernova, Kilonova, or Both? Another Look at SN 2025ulz
Last year, gravitational wave detectors triggered on what may have been a collision involving a sub-solar-mass neutron star. New research investigates a potential link between this event and a supernova.
The Solar System Has a New Life Expectancy, and It’s a Billion Times Shorter
New simulations suggest the outer solar system could disassemble within about one billion years after the Sun becomes a white dwarf.
An Early Discovery by Rubin Observatory
Astrobites reports on the discovery of a new ultra-faint dwarf galaxy in preview data taken before the start of Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 10-year survey.
Researchers See Gas Swirling Around a Growing Baby Planet
New radio observations provide the best view yet of the WISPIT 2 planetary system, revealing spiral wakes driven by a growing young planet.
Stellar Pulsations Suggest Habitable-Zone Planet Around a Massive Star
Researchers use stellar pulsations to detect substellar companions around A-type stars — including what could be a first-of-its-kind exoplanet.
A New Look at a Centuries-Old Solar Eclipse
Handwritten eclipse observations and sketches of solar prominences from 1733 offer researchers a rare window into a data-poor period of solar history.