Tracking Down Diffuse Gamma Rays
The disk of the Milky Way glows in high-energy gamma-ray photons — but where does this diffuse emission come from?
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‘Oumuamua’s Star Trek: Potential Origin in a Giant Molecular Cloud?
Did ‘Oumuamua originate in a nearby giant molecular cloud? Astrobites reports on the continued debate of this interstellar visitor’s origin.
Draining Magnetic Whirlpools Onto Stars
New images reveal the role played by whirling magnetic fields in the shrouded centers of clouds forming baby massive stars.
Testing Models of Main Sequence “Pulsars”
CU Virginis emits beams of radio waves like a pulsar — so what’s going on in its magnetosphere? Astrobites reports.
Getting to Know Our Nearest Neighbors with ALMA
Scientists are using a powerful telescope to hunt for planets in our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri AB.
Radio Reports from GW170817 1,200 Days Since the Kilonova
Astrobites reports the latest updates from a neutron star collision that happened more than 3 years ago.