The Calm Before the — Planet Formation?
Astrobites reports on the connection between hurricanes on Earth and planet formation in protoplanetary disks.
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Flipping the Table: Inferring Planet Formation from Atmospheric Composition
Astrobites reports on a new framework developed to use models and observations to pinpoint the likely location of an exoplanet’s formation.
What Goes Bump in the Night: Superluminous Supernovae Show Bumps and Wiggles at Late Times
Astrobites reports on the odd bumps and wiggles that can appear late in the evolution of superluminous supernovae.
An Updated Weather Forecast for HAT-P-7b
Astrobites reports on an article that casts doubt on one of the first detections of variability in an exoplanet’s atmosphere.
How a Moon-Sized Deep Impact Affected Early Life on Earth
Astrobites reports on Earth’s early days, when massive asteroid impacts may have rendered our home planet somewhat less than hospitable.
Which Habitable Zone Planets Are the Best Candidates for Detecting Life?
Astrobites reports on the “continuous habitable zone” — an important criterion for selecting exoplanets for future atmospheric characterization.
Turning On the Lights: Modeling the Sources of Cosmic Reionization
Astrobites reports on whether it really matters how stars and galaxies caused cosmic reionization or if it all comes out in the (simulated) wash.
Grab Your Umbrellas, ’Cause It’s Raining Grazing Planets!
Astrobites reports on a method that uses umbrellas to model exoplanets that graze their stellar hosts.
An Intracluster Investigation via Radio Rotation
Astrobites reports on how magnetic fields in galaxy clusters evolved throughout cosmic history and what these fields can tell us about magnetism in the early universe.
A Spiral Galaxy That Doesn’t Play by the Rules
Astrobites reports on a spiral-shaped impostor found where an elliptical galaxy is meant to be: shining brightly in the center of a galaxy cluster.