Can CMB Experiments Find Planet Nine?
Recent studies have identified signs of an unseen, distant ninth planet in our solar system. A team of scientists have proposed a new way to search for Planet Nine: look for its heat signature.
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A Deep Look at the Fornax Cluster
Beautiful observations of the center of the Fornax galaxy cluster reveal clues about how this cluster may have been built.
Choosing Stars to Search for Habitable Planets
A recent study examines which stars make the best targets when searching for habitable exoplanets.
Found: A Galaxy’s Missing Gamma Rays
The recent discovery of high-energy gamma-ray emission from Arp 220 reveals more about how supernovae interact with their environments.
Where Are the Universe’s Globular Clusters?
Where do most of the globular clusters in today’s universe reside? A recent study answers this question.
A Speeding Binary in the Galactic Halo
The recent discovery of a hyper-velocity binary star system in the halo of the Milky Way poses a mystery: how was this system accelerated to its high speed?
Featured Image: A Gap in TW Hydrae
Recent ALMA observations reveal beautiful concentric ring structure within the protoplanetary disk that surrounds a young, Sun-like star.
How Bright Can Supernovae Get?
Enormously bright supernovae have been observed in recent years. But is there a limit on the brightness these stellar explosions can achieve?
The Birth of Super-Earths and Super-Puffs
A recent study explores how two types of planets — super-Earths and super-puffs — might form.
Forming Galaxies Without Bulges
A new study seeks to explain how pure disk galaxies — galaxies without a central bulge — were able to form and survive in our universe.
AAS Publishing News: Getting to Know Frank Timmes
Meet your new AAS Lead Editor for the High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics corridor! Here’s what he thinks about his field, the upcoming HEAD meeting, and authoring scientific papers.
Outlook for Detecting Gravitational Waves with Pulsars
After 10 years of unsuccessful searching, how likely is it that pulsar-timing-array projects will make their own first detection of gravitational waves soon?