The Life and Times of Immortal Stars
Stars embedded in the disks surrounding active galactic nuclei might have discovered the fountain of youth. What are the consequences of stellar immortality?
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Surveying Young Stars in the North America and Pelican Nebulae
Astronomers scour Zwicky Transient Facility data to search for stellar variability in a famous Milky Way nebular complex.
A Massive Reanalysis of Microlensing Events
Researchers have created the largest public catalog of fitted gravitational microlensing light curves, giving a boost to searches for exoplanets, isolated black holes, and more.
A New Way to Probe the Early Universe
Have astronomers uncovered a new, powerful tool to probe the nature of dark matter at small scales?
First Image of the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
The planet-spanning Event Horizon Telescope has captured the first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
Diving Deep into Bright Galaxies with SCUBA-2 COSMOS
A close look at bright galaxies in the first few billion years of the universe may help us understand why these early galaxies formed stars so vigorously.
Spotting Dots on the Sun
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has snapped photos of tiny, bright dots on the Sun. What’s the deal with these dots?
Could Binary Stars Help Trace the Milky Way’s Dark Matter?
What do binary stars have to do with dark matter? More than you might expect!
A Possible Optical Counterpart to FRB 180916B?
What could the discovery of an optical transient counterpart to FRB 180916B tell us about the origin of fast radio busts?
Crustal Clues to Earth’s Formation
Earth’s crust contains heavy metals that are more commonly found in its core. Can models help us understand how these elements ended up there?