Twinkle, Twinkle, Trail of Stars, How I Wonder What You Are
Astrobites reports on a mysterious stellar streak — could it be a wake left behind by a rogue black hole, or is it something else entirely?
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Fish(er)ing for Planet Nine
Astrobites reports on the possibility of finding Planet Nine (or Planet X) by searching for the subtle tugs that this planet would exert on spacecraft and asteroids in the solar system.
Things That Go Bump in the Outer Solar System
Astrobites reports on the modeling of small bodies in the outer solar system and how this finicky, incremental process can have far-ranging impacts.
Intrastellar (2014)?
Astrobites reports on the origins of a purported interstellar meteorite that has made a big splash in the news (and the Pacific Ocean).
Juggling Black Holes in Star Clusters
Astrobites reports on a potential new formation channel for intermediate-mass black holes, which are an important stepping stone on the way to creating supermassive black holes.
Pizza Aurorae: Northern (and/or Southern) Lights on Io
Astrobites reports on how challenging ground-based observations can bring the aurorae of Jupiter’s moon Io into view.
A Galactic Prison Break: Tracing Lyman-Alpha Escape at High Redshift
Astrobites reports on how the properties of galaxies in the early universe affect the Lyman-alpha light that we observe.
Is There More to Life than Oxygen?
Astrobites reports on the molecules that might indicate life beyond Earth — and why oxygen might not be the ideal biosignature.
I SPI with My Little Eye… a Planetary Magnetic Field?
Astrobites reports on a cool star’s ultraviolet variability and explores what this means for the search for planetary magnetic fields.
Cool, Relaxed, but Way Out of Its Lane: The Most Distant Cooling-Flow Galaxy Cluster Yet Observed
Astrobites reports on a galaxy cluster that may have taken only 5 billion years to “relax,” doing so faster than previously thought possible.