These Aren’t the Bursts You’re Looking For
During the follow-up to the recent gravitational-wave detection GW170104, scientists uncovered a very special supernova. Astrobites reports on this explosion and what might have caused it.
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Things That Go “Chirp” in the Night
Do neutron-star–black-hole mergers have electromagnetic chirps similar to the gravitational-wave chirps detected by LIGO? Astrobites reports on what we can expect to see.
Citizen Scientists in Search of Failed Stars
Astrobites reports on the discovery of a nearby brown dwarf by the citizen scientists of the “Backyard Worlds: Planet 9” project.
Great News for Impatient Scientists!
Are you an impatient exoplaneteer? Astrobites reports on a method named “Orbits for the Impatient” that can be used to find orbits of directly imaged long-period objects.
The Origin of the IceCube Neutrinos: An Ongoing Mystery
Astrobites reports on whether star-forming galaxies could be the dominant source of neutrinos measured by IceCube.
Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Events: Very Important Needles in a Very Large Haystack
Astrobites reports on how we might search for electromagnetic counterparts to future gravitational-wave detections.
2 Slow, 2 Furious
According to this Astrobiter, massive elliptical galaxies come in two types: the fast and the furious. But what’s the difference?
Cradles of Massive Stars
Astrobites reports on the formation of baby massive stars in nearby star-forming region W51.
Samples and Statistics: Distinguishing Populations of Hot Jupiters in a Growing Dataset
Astrobites reports on how statistics can be used to distinguish between populations of hot Jupiters in a large sample.
Baby Galaxies Blowing Bubbles
Astrobites reports on the galaxies that blew the first ionized bubbles in the early universe, ending the Dark Ages.