Another Possibility for Boyajian’s Star
Could this unusual star’s missing flux be due to internal blockage rather than something outside of the star?
Could this unusual star’s missing flux be due to internal blockage rather than something outside of the star?
An object previously identified as a free-floating, large Jupiter analog turns out to be two objects — each with the mass of a few Jupiters.
Planning on watching fireworks tomorrow? Here’s an astronomical firework to help you start the celebrations!
Mercury’s surface is riddled with craters — but this inner planet is also subtly shaped by much smaller impacts.
A particularly cooperative fast radio burst may be helping scientists to home in on the cause of these elusive events.
Astrobites reports on how we could detect life on exoplanets by searching for specific features in planetary spectra.
New ALMA observations of the Fomalhaut star system reveal the stunning glow of the outer ring of debris surrounding the central star.
The region surrounding the black hole at the center of our galaxy is a complex and dynamic place. New observations reveal more about this unique environment.
New direct-imaging observations provide insight into the atmosphere of 51 Eri b, a nearby Jupiter-like exoplanet.
During the follow-up to the recent gravitational-wave detection GW170104, scientists uncovered a very special supernova. Astrobites reports on this explosion and what might have caused it.
New research suggests that the dusty environments surrounding supermassive black holes may be hiding many of the brightest from our view.
How large could some of the earliest stars have grown before collapsing into supermassive black holes?