Antineutrinos, Left-Handed Molecules, and You
Earth life has a definite preference for particular kinds of molecules. Astrobites reports on where life got its taste for left-handed amino acids.
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A Naked-Eye Superflare Detected from Proxima Centauri
Astrobites reports on the largest flare ever detected from the Sun’s closest neighbor, Proxima Centauri.
Predicting the Number of Planets from TESS
NASA’s TESS spacecraft has launched! Astrobites reports on how many exoplanets it is predicted to find.
A Breathing Comet
Rosetta’s recent visit of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko yielded a number of discoveries. Astrobites here reports on one of the comet’s intriguing features: the molecular oxygen seen in its coma.
Why Jupiter Spins Fast, but Not Really Fast
Astrobites reports on a theory that could explain why Jupiter spins at the rate that it does.
Fraught with Spots
Astrobites reports on the challenge of starspots: if we don’t understand them, we won’t understand exoplanet atmospheres.
A White Dwarf Kicked Out of a Supernova
Astrobites reports on the first known white dwarf to have survived the partial explosion of a (failed) Type Ia supernova.
A “Difference” Approach to Light Curves
Astrobites reports on how the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will hunt for variable objects in its crowded fields.
One Magnified Starburst Galaxy
Astrobites reports on observations of a gravitationally lensed galaxy, providing a window onto early star formation in our universe.
Not Quite a Star, Not Quite a Planet: A Planetary-Mass Object in AB Dor
Does a newly explored, unusual planetary-mass object belong to the AB Doradus moving group? And what does it means if it does?