Forget X-ray Vision: Using Gravitational Waves to Peer Inside the Sun
Astrobites reports on the far-out possibility of using continuous gravitational waves from faraway pulsars to learn about the inside of the Sun.
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Dark Halos and Warped Disks
Can impact-tilted dark matter halos explain why so many spiral galaxies have warped disks?
Patience Rewarded with a Planet
A recently discovered exoplanet required immense patience to uncover, both from an international team of astronomers and from a plucky suitcase-sized satellite.
Investigation of a Nearby, Cold, and Young Brown Dwarf
Researchers have taken another look at a peculiar brown dwarf, highlighting the challenges of studying these cool, cloudy objects.
Let’s Be Real: A Call for Physically Realistic Assumptions
Astrobites reports on the assumptions used in photoionization models that affect our understanding of ionized gas clouds surrounding hot stars.
Featured Image: Solar Flares in Focus
A new catalog of solar flares aims to understand why some flares are accompanied by massive explosions of plasma and others are not.
Sizing Up Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves
How precise will our measurements of neutron star sizes be when future gravitational wave observatories come online?
Monthly Roundup: TRAPPIST-1 Through the Eyes of JWST
Five articles provide perspectives on the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, from JWST’s first search for the innermost planets’ atmospheres to the prospect of detecting life, should it exist.
Two-for-One, Three Times: New Candidate Brown Dwarf Binaries
With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have uncovered evidence that three previously observed sources are actually rare brown dwarf binaries.
An Explanation for the Overmassive Black Hole in the Dwarf Galaxy Leo I
Tidal stripping may explain why a tiny galaxy hosts a black hole nearly as massive as the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole.
Setting the Speed Limit for Shock-Accelerated Cosmic Rays
Could supernova shocks be the source of charged particles accelerated up to quadrillions of electronvolts?
A Cosmic Game of LEGO
Astrobites reports on how to identify merging galaxies and investigate the importance of these collisions over cosmic time.