Teegarden’s Star b: (Almost) Too Hot to Handle?
Astrobites reports on the potential habitability of Teegarden’s Star b, a promising Earth-like planet.
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Featured Image: Hubble Revisits the Crab Nebula
How has the Crab Nebula supernova remnant changed since the Hubble Space Telescope observed it in 1999–2000?
We Have Visitors: Interstellar Material from Nearby Debris Disks
A recent study looks to the nearest rubble-ridden systems for the potential origins of interstellar objects that have visited our solar system.
How Many Kilonovae Will Rubin Observatory Help Us Spot?
The upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time will detect an astonishing number of transients — including kilonovae from colliding neutron stars.
The Winner of the Cosmic Speed-Eating Contest
Astrobites reports on RACS J0320−35, a quasar that appears to be breaking a cosmic limit by consuming matter faster than theory should allow.
A Dark Matter Origin for Little Red Dots
Researchers examine whether the black holes at the centers of little red dots could have been born in the collapse of dark matter halos.
Fueling Up: How Does the Milky Way Get Its Star-Forming Gas?
Researchers use an unlikely tool — distant beacons called quasars — to study the constant inflow and outflow of gas to and from our galaxy.
Monthly Roundup: Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS
The discovery of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was one of the top astronomy stories of 2025. Though the comet is now heading back to interstellar space, research into its properties and origins continues.
The Black Hole Meetup: EMRIs and IMRIs in the Same Active Galactic Nucleus Disk
Astrobites reports on how active galactic nucleus disks might connect black holes across the mass spectrum, setting the stage for extreme-mass-ratio and intermediate-mass-ratio inspirals in the same system.
Featured Image: Hubble Samples a Dusty Cosmic Sandwich
Hubble has revealed new features in Dracula’s Chivito, the largest known protoplanetary disk.
Getting a Peek of Kitt Peak National Observatory
A mountain top in the Arizona desert scattered with telescopes, the Kitt Peak National Observatory is home to cutting-edge research and cultural connections.
JWST Follows Up on a Rare Gamma-Ray Burst
Lasting multiple hours and featuring several bursts, GRB 250702B is a rare, powerful, and unusual gamma-ray burst. What do JWST observations tell us about the host galaxy and origins of this event?