A New Look at the Solar Corona
A deep-imaging campaign reveals intricate structures in the solar corona.
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Support for Today’s Reality of Astronomy Data
Modern astronomy is conducted via computers — and the Astropy project is a community resource designed for astronomers interacting with data.
The Jupiter-Analog Companions to Super-Earths
A guest author for astrobites reports on how Jupiter analogs in planetary systems might affect the development of planets closer to the star.
Featured Image: Forming Disks and Rings in Galactic Nuclei
New simulations demonstrate what happens to gas caught in a gravitational tug-of-war in the nucleus of a galaxy.
New Detections of the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Scientists have made new detections of our galaxy’s supermassive black hole in far-infrared wavelengths, helping us to piece together a picture of this monster.
Surprise Discovery of a 14-Year-Old Supernova
An amateur astronomer’s recent images led to the discovery of a supernova that occurred 14 years ago in a distant galaxy.