A Stellar Pinwheel at a New Wavelength
A recent study explores a spiral pattern spotted around an unexpected source.
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Opportunities from a Newly Discovered Planetary System
Recently found: two nearby, intriguingly puffy planets that will make ideal targets for future observations.
Will Radio Bursts Reveal Hidden Baryons?
A recent study has used bursts of radio emission to probe whether the outskirts of our galaxy are hiding vast quantities of “missing” baryonic matter.
Getting Deeper into the Main Sequence with Gaia
Combining Gaia data with the HR diagram — a plot of star colors and brightnesses — can tell us new things about the lives of stars.
The Impact of Land on an Ocean World’s Habitability
A new study explores how oceans and continents affect whether a habitable-zone planet can actually support life.
When Dark Matter Gets Fuzzy
What model of dark matter best describes our universe? A new study uses a unique region in our own galaxy to constrain one particular model: that of fuzzy dark matter.
The Deepening Mystery of White Dwarf GD 394
TESS has been up to more than just finding planets! The spacecraft recently provided insight into an oddly behaving white dwarf.
Identifying a Slow Planet from a Single TESS Transit
A new study shows it’s possible to efficiently hunt down a wide-orbit planet starting from only one observed transit.
Tracing Gas Flows Out of Star-Forming Galaxies
The movement of gas into and out of galaxies heavily impacts galaxy evolution. So how does gas flow out of galaxies that are very actively forming stars?
Hints of Young Solar Systems
How did our solar system’s planets first form within the swirling disk of gas and dust that surrounded the newborn Sun? New observations from ALMA provide clues.