Pre-Supernova Burps and Red Supergiant Reflux
Astrobites reports on new simulations of pre-supernova outbursts and they affect the final supernova explosion as seen from Earth.
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Polka-Dotted Stars: Searching for Spots on KOI-340
Astrobites reports on a search for polka dots of concentrated magnetic flux on the surface of a subgiant star.
Not All Black Holes That Wander Are Lost — and Now, Some May Have Been Found
Astrobites reports on a search for meandering modern-day analogues of the ancient building blocks of supermassive black holes.
New Stellar Biography of the Triangulum Galaxy Just Released
Astrobites reports on efforts to map the in-depth star formation history of one of our galactic neighbors.
Can You Explain These Long, Dark Gaps in Your Cosmological Resume?
Astrobites reports on how dark gaps in quasar spectra can help fill in gaps in our knowledge of reionization.
A Tale of Three Rs: Radio, R-process, and collapsaRs!
Astrobites reports on a radio-wavelength search for heavy metals from special supernovae called collapsars.
Rapidly Rotating but Not So Variable: A Brown Dwarf as Seen from Earth
Astrobites reports on a brown dwarf observed with ground-based telescopes, which reveal the object to be less variable than expected.
When Gaia Meets Hubble: Accurate Proper Motions for Faint Stars
Astrobites reports on a powerful new tool that combines data from Gaia and the Hubble Space Telescope to measure how stars move on the plane of the sky.
Looking for Alien “Lighthouses” in the Stars
Astrobites reports on a search for broadband radio waves coming from our closest stellar neighbors.
Star Light, Lamp Bright
How clearly will JWST see exoplanetary atmospheres? Astrobites reports on the use of artificial stars and planets to estimate JWST’s precision.