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.
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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.
A Serving of X-rays in a Stack of Galaxies
Astrobites reports on how stacking galaxies can help us understand the quenching of star formation early in the universe.
A Black Hole Snow Globe? An Intermediate-Mass Black Hole at the Center of a Globular Cluster
Astobites reports on a possible intermediate-mass black hole discovered in an unusual globular cluster belonging to our galactic neighbor, Andromeda.
Hydrate or Die-drate: Was Venus Ever Habitable?
Astrobites reports on models of Venus’s atmosphere that seek to understand whether Earth’s twin could have had expansive oceans in the past.