A Vampire’s Sandwich Filled with Gas and Dust
Astrobites reports on the serendipitous discovery of Dracula’s Chivito, possibly the largest known protoplanetary disk.
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Unveiling Hamstars: The Cheek-Stuffing Accreting Stars
Astrobites reports on a class of accreting stars nicknamed “hamstars” that store overflow matter in stellar “cheeks” to eat later.
The Case of Shrinking Planets
Astrobites reports on whether photoevaporation or core-powered mass loss is more likely to be responsible for the exoplanet radius gap.
Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies: Not as Small as We Thought?
Astrobites reports on how astronomers use pulsating stars to look for stellar halos around ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, some of the smallest galaxies in the universe.
Tragic Tidal Disruption Events: How Black Holes Shred Stars
Astrobites reports on a tragic final encounter between a supermassive black hole and a stellar neighbor that came a bit too close.
Ghost (Particle) Hunting in Gamma-ray Bursts
Astrobites reports on a study that aims to determine whether the sources of gamma-ray bursts could also be a source of ghostly neutrinos.
How to Tell If a Black Hole Is Making Your Fairy Lights Twinkle
Astrobites reports on how we can find isolated black holes by searching for the twinkling of stars that these black holes pass in front of.
The 80s Called, They Want Their Ultra-Long-Period Radio Transient Back
Astrobites reports on two objects whose unusually spaced-out radio pulses have puzzled astronomers. Could these objects be white dwarfs or magnetars?
A First Glimpse of Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei with SDSS-V
Astrobites reports on the changing-look active galactic nuclei seen in the first year of the fifth Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Sednoids: Echoes of a Rogue Planet in the Early Solar System?
Astrobites reports on the possibility that an ancient rogue planet is responsible for the unusual orbits of a trio of solar system objects called sednoids.