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.
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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.
A Sneak Peek into Early-Universe Star Formation with Boötes I
Astrobites reports on a hunt for evidence of a universal initial mass function using JWST observations of local relic galaxy Boötes I.
Featured Image: Evolution of a Cosmic Crab
See the famous Crab Nebula in a whole new way: researchers have mapped the 3D kinematic structure of the nebula and investigated a jet-like feature emerging from the expanding shell.
Planets Scattering Planets in Warm Jupiter Systems
A recent study has found that the observed mass–eccentricity relation of warm Jupiters can be explained by dynamical interactions between planets in these systems.
Extragalactic Planetary Nebula with Massive Progenitor Sheds Light on Stellar Evolution
Researchers investigate a planetary nebula in a star cluster in the Andromeda Galaxy — one of just a handful of known extragalactic planetary nebula–open cluster pairs.
Dust Deal with It
Astrobites reports on why we might need a cosmic feather duster to see life on other worlds.
Welcome and Farewell to Our AAS Media Fellows
We’re excited to welcome Alexia Kubas and Lucas Brown to the team as AAS Media Fellows for 2026–2027!
Breaking the Ice: Origins of Carbon Oxides on Uranian Moons
A recent study has used spectroscopy from JWST to decipher the source of carbon oxides on the four largest moons of Uranus.