Super Star Clusters Far Far Away
Astrobites reports on super star clusters discovered using gravitational lensing.
Astrobites RSS
A Volcanic Hydrogen Habitable Zone
Astrobites reports on whether volcanos can expand the region around a star within which life can survive.
Peeking Through the Haze: A Look at Titan’s Bright Surface Features
Astrobites reports on what we’re learning from the stunning maps of Titan made by the Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer on board Cassini.
Preparing for the Temperature Drop at Night
How big is the dayside vs. nightside temperature difference for a tidally locked hot Jupiter? Astrobites reports on new models of these extreme exoplanet atmospheres.
Can You Tell a Sibling from a Doppelganger?
Astrobites reports on the usefulness of abundance analysis, or chemical tagging, to identify stars with a common birth. Do dopplegangers confuse the outcome?
Don’t Blame Asteroids for the Late Heavy Bombardment!
Astrobites reports on the large impactors that pelted the Moon until 3.8 billion years ago, creating huge craters that have survived to this day.
Anisotropies in Our Galaxy
Astrobites reports on cosmic rays observed at Earth with the Tibet Air Shower experiment.
Bulges Are Red, Disks Are Blue…
Astrobites reports on the different colors of galaxies, and what they tell us about galaxy evolution.
The Curious Case of Planetary Nebulae in Globular Clusters
Astrobites reports on several planetary nebulae unexpectedly discovered in globular clusters.
A Too-Hot Pulsar Speeding Through the Galaxy
Astrobites reports on a pulsar that’s preceded by a bow shock as it tears through the Milky Way.