Featured Image: Storms in Hot-Jupiter Atmospheres
New simulations capture the detailed eddies and waves that can arise in the atmospheres of giant exoplanets.
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Featured Image: Pseudostreamers from the Sun
This stunning image of the Sun during a total solar eclipse illustrates important structures in the solar corona.
Featured Image: Identifying Reconnecting Fields
How can we identify the locations where magnetic fields break and reconnect in turbulent 3D plasmas?
Featured Image: Eclipses Reveal Sources of Solar Wind
A detailed set of images of the eclipsed Sun has helped scientists to identify the source of streams of high-energy particles from our star.
Featured Image: A Bent Radio Jet in a Galaxy Cluster
New observations provide a detailed look at radio emission from a powerful jet within the Perseus galaxy cluster.
Featured Image: Collecting Strong Lenses
More than 1,200 newly discovered strong gravitational lenses create cosmic arcs, rings, and copied images.
Featured Image: Signs of Accreting Exomoons?
How do you pollute a white dwarf with rare beryllium? The answer may involve the moons of giant planets.
Featured Image: Decline of a Young Planetary Nebula
The youngest known planetary nebula has faded dramatically in the last couple decades.
Featured Image: Misalignments in a Planetary Nursery
This stunning image captures the details of a swirling disk of gas and dust around a star more than 500 light-years away.
Featured Image: Evaluating a Solar Radio Burst
A combination of observations and models reveals more about how energy is released from the Sun.