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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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.
A Cosmic Game of LEGO
Astrobites reports on how to identify merging galaxies and investigate the importance of these collisions over cosmic time.
What Shapes the Edge of a Planetary System?
Astrobites reports on whether Jupiter-like exoplanets are responsible for defining the edges of multiple-planet systems.
Today in (Astro) Shop Class: How to Build a Molecular Cloud
Astrobites reports on how modeling molecular clouds can help us understand how these cosmic nurseries form stars.
Three’s a Crowd for Stars Around Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
Astrobites reports on a way to use an unlucky star to learn about a pair of supermassive black holes.
Looking for a Dragonfly in the Sky
Astrobites reports on a new study of the Dragonfly pulsar wind nebula — a possible source of particles with energies up to a quadrillion electronvolts!
Spotting Close-In Giant Planets with Spectroscopy
Astrobites reports on a way to find giant planets so close to their host stars that they’re usually obscured by the star’s glare.
Signs of (Pre-)Life: Can JWST Detect Conditions for the Formation of Earth-Like Life on Distant Planets?
Astrobites reports on the prospect of using JWST to detect prebiosignatures: the molecules that indicate not life itself, but the possibility that life might someday form.
Type II Solar Radio Bursts and You
Astrobites reports on an interesting case of a solar radio burst occurring under unusual conditions.