Modeling Magma Ocean Exoplanets
Where do exoplanets keep their water? A new study explores how water-rich magma oceans affect the properties of distant planets.
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Resolving Io’s Volcanoes Through Occultation Localization
Astronomers have probed the volcanoes of Io at higher resolution than ever before, and their discoveries could help solve the mysteries of this dynamic world.
A Detailed Look at the Cygnus X Star-Forming Complex
Astronomers are still trying to understand how stars form from molecular clouds hundreds of light-years across. What can we learn from one of the largest star-forming regions in the Milky Way?
How Often Do Black Holes Get Kicked Out of Star Clusters?
Gravitational-wave “kicks” might eject black holes from star clusters, preventing them from forming even more massive black holes.
A Young Star’s Disk Dilemma
Astronomers think CI Tauri hosts a massive planet, but observations of its disk don’t give any sign of one. What’s really going on around this star?
What’s Lurking in the Ticks from Cosmic Clocks?
How can ticking stellar clocks be used to search for ripples in the fabric of spacetime, and how close are we to detecting these waves?
Extragalactic UFOs: Ultrafast Outflows from Black Holes
Still not aliens, sorry! These otherworldly outflows are powerful enough to unbind galactic gas and accelerate particles to relativistic speeds.
Radio Eyes on Titan’s Molecules
What can observations of three nearly identical molecules tell us about how they formed?
Making Heavy Metals with High-Energy Collisions
What do gold and europium have in common? They both form when compact objects like neutron stars and black holes collide.
Mapping Planet-Forming Disks with ALMA
A new special issue takes a deep dive into the chemistry of protoplanetary disks around five young, nearby stars.